MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	250% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 09:24
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 645 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1133) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 618 618 620 619 622 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,339 Write 2,204 Mixed 1,558 SusWrite 666 378% 1,692 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 81.5 271% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 579 DQ Mixed 774 561% 734 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 340%
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 54GB free Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 327 326 326 327 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 496 Write 325 Mixed 248 SusWrite 299 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 21.9 124% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 63.9 84% 151 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 78GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 184 185 184 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 366 Write 341 Mixed 273 SusWrite 182 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 38.2 133% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 174 136% 189 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 66GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 184 184 184 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 364 Write 342 Mixed 295 SusWrite 181 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 38 130% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 165 133% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 103%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 61GB free Firmware: O0730A SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 248 95 98 96 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 445 Mixed 369 SusWrite 164 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44.9 156% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 246 199% 280 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 95%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 99GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 287 301 305 307 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 443 Write 310 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 297 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 13 51% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 19 DQ Mixed 19 16% 23.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 56%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 120 125 122 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 122 Write 91.3 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 120 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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