MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	41.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 19:22
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.8% Below average	Memory 62.5 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 46.4 32% 44.3 Pts	4-Core 83.7 8-Core 123 13% 103 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.2% Average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 57 Parallax 56.9 38% 53.7 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 51 47% 57.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 95.8 Write 130 Mixed 101 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.53 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 0.45 7% 3.43 MB/s	DQ Read 4.24 DQ Write 6.96 DQ Mixed 0.33 2% 3.84 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 18%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214663048 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 124777811 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 572063778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 507 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 81604378658 (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 -70493298226073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58347874219 (F2) Unknown 100 253 500273453914	89.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 168 Mixed 123 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.59 190% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220566168 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3906 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3630260 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 903 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 33 33 67 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14553 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139577847186521 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6667670730 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30914550891	96% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 165 Mixed 155 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 64%

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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 $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

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