MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7916
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)  (all builds)
Memory20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 09 '19 at 19:12
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Memory 92.6
1-Core 117
2-Core 231
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 588
63% 503 Pts
64-Core 544
34% 544 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 151
Parallax 130
113% 140 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 137
Splatting 112
100% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 256GB
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1025A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 113 63 61 27 41 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
58% Above average
Read 500
Write 200
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 77.7
45% 208 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 21.4
4K Mixed 24.7
89% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 32.5
DQ Mixed 76.4
70% 114 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 58%
Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
84GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 217 217 217 215 217 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 214
Write 170
Mixed 89.5
SusWrite 216
126% 172 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 123%
Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 142 180 178 168 143 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB
3 of 4 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
58.7% Above average
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 17.8
57% 20 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 19.7
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 62.9
64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 58.7%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,340 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $851
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