MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	80.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 09:31
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 483 67% 494 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1224 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25792151829 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 219 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 279173595171 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 339306152015 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 942 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2849 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2383 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3013 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 498 Write 312 Mixed 293 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 11.9 108% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 13.7 73% 171 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2460 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1477699308625 (A6) Unknown 100 100 17 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 69 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 203 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 43 184684445727 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622976411688 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4885 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16606 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12451 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14863 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 456 Write 326 Mixed 293 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 20.2 118% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 42.4 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 93%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 608GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 150 9375 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4774 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4688 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 164836 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.1% Average	Read 77.1 Write 79.9 Mixed 79.4 60% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 27.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 27.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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