MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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 Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 16:15
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 242 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 656 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 116% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Skhynix SC300 HFS256G32MND-3210A 256GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20131P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 201 201 224 214 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 246 Write 314 Mixed 226 SusWrite 209 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 21.6 71% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 273 224% 321 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 98%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 40GB free Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 343 404 411 414 396 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 574 Write 503 Mixed 481 SusWrite 395 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 49.7 177% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 629 DQ Mixed 946 639% 777 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 292%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 114 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 333 Write 328 Mixed 314 SusWrite 118 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 45.8 152% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 178 146% 210 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 126%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 234GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 119 120 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 92.2 Write 151 Mixed 38 SusWrite 117 72% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 571GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 154 155 156 154 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 138 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 154 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 157 159 158 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 115 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 157 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 206GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 130 132 132 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 51.5 Write 103 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 132 58% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 23.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 79%

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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