MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	19 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 17:07
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 474 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 90% 111 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 91 79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,201 Write 1,187 Mixed 1,312 345% 1,567 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 32.3 185% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 173 138% 183 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 283%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 12353890 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 72516435 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -75621489179060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 66 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8832 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 -59627030969405 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2878857549 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4136883965	86.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 153 Mixed 139 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 456GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 81.7 Write 74.4 Mixed 69.9 95% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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