MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	147% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 15:00
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 741 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 223 Parallax 208 175% 215 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 204 Splatting 136 127% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 133%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3306) ≥ 4GB; GeForce® GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 117 96% 119 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25569 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 548 (B1) Unknown 87 87 268 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 285 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66637209901	115% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 421 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 49 182% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 109 139% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 145 145 79 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386608538 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 804 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 804 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 180389740573 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 135 Write 157 Mixed 152 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 805GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 35566214 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90590502 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 420675608 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1089 (C2) HDA temperature 24 14 60129542168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 35566214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -103023380513560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51883029132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36742757963	85.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 140 Mixed 138 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 12GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	829x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16