MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	94.6% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 266 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 696 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 115 92% 115 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 83.7 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4595 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 986 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7788151279	96.5% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 416 Mixed 422 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 28.5 159% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 111 75% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8701 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1878 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (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 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25650392287	94.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 351 Mixed 353 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 22 137% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 21.9 90% 202 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 118%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 67 5429821 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 36896 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15620796055552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (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 73 72 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 98784247835 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 7 5429821 (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 -44087839293440 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3437957 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1991864	123% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 212 Mixed 184 153% 204 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 4.41 4K Mixed 0.42 182% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143360576 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80036642 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1879 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 74 54 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114090 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 47244640282 (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 -34029025880533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54396526489 (F2) Unknown 100 253 626541130757	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 185 Mixed 173 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 44GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15340392 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4074 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22647501 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1848 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 74 58 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32917 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 42949672986 (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 88227218198584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53538647056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37640456338	70.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 113 Mixed 113 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $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