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MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	1,316% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '15 at 14:43
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 128 2-Core 239 84% 184 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 726 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Device(107D 2761) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4788 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 80.5 64% 80.2 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 64.6 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 354 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (B1) Unknown 100 100 25935 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 173737 (F2) Unknown 100 100 89959	1,316% Outstanding	Read 15,914 Write 488 Mixed 5,130 1,533% 7,177 MB/s	4K Read 851 4K Write 959 4K Mixed 293 2,172% 701 MB/s	DQ Read 811 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 280 300% 509 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 1,316% Great: 129%
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 86GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8623 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1248 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2155 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63443 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12962	101% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 462 Mixed 466 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 31.7 139% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 109 110% 188 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 8GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 31.9 Mixed 26.9 40% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.62 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.66 68% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 18%
Kingston DT 100 G2 4GB 626 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1653 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.78% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 5.64 Mixed 8.31 11% 9.71 MB/s	4K Read 5.32 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 22% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 7%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,337 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

Workstation 35%

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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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Total price: $851

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

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