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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 as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	57.7% 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	92.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '15 at 03:25
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 130 2-Core 257 88% 193 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 685 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 69.8 60% 72 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 58.3 54% 67 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 54%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7916) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 220 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2773355857	92.5% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 351 Mixed 240 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 23.3 135% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 69.6 102% 194 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 118%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 40GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 2479357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 100141457483088 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1129 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2479357 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2479357 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2479357 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 957 (EA) Unknown 0 0 980 (F1) Unknown 0 0 980 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2387	48.8% Average	Read 195 Write 99.4 Mixed 123 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 12.6 104% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 34.6 48% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 61%
OCZ SOLID3 60GB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 18GB free Firmware: 2.11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 110689897170848 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1227 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 97 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6860 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6605 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6605 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13107	40.5% Average	Read 201 Write 55.4 Mixed 87.2 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 13 91% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 74.7 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 21.4 28% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 50%
WD WD7500AAVS-00D7B0 750GB 1,285 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 7816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1891 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1888 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	25.5% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 46.5 Mixed 33.9 30% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 50%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 881GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 80.6 Write 80.5 Mixed 54 90% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 44%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

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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

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