MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 15:46
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 315 51% 363 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.4% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 30.1 33% 35.8 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 34.9 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132545944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1674 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1903356 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471400476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10818 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 38654705692 (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 17776869639331 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4668845172 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13835381616	117% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 199 Mixed 183 148% 197 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52817144 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 423945664 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1244 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80247168969278 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59688190642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 287139113576	94% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 154 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 70%

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

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