MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 08:14
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 379 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1120 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 111 71% 86.5 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 79.4 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 976 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 786 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 42 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 23 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7020220779	83.2% Excellent	Read 370 Write 295 Mixed 305 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 33.6 135% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 116 112% 180 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13679 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2011 (B1) Unknown 88 88 135 (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 74 50 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22728086392	54.9% Above average	Read 469 Write 124 Mixed 153 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 10.1 66% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 27.1 70% 154 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 73%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 683GB free Firmware: 2BC10008 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 87 87 3994 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 828 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389609495 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24979	61.4% Good	Read 99.6 Write 114 Mixed 120 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 67%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 481GB free Firmware: 2BC10008 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 87 86 4051 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 828 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799674903 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 30286	50.9% Above average	Read 78.7 Write 98.6 Mixed 85 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.9% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 68%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) - $154

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	37x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	5x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	5x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $811

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