MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.3% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 13:00
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 191 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 433 49% 383 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 129 Parallax 120 97% 122 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 117 Splatting 100 87% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 39 36 36 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 300 Write 44.8 Mixed 72 SusWrite 37.8 24% 114 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 16.2 76% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 45.4 68% 134 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 73%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 19GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 72 71 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 368 Write 75 Mixed 122 SusWrite 72.8 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 31 113% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 87.4 64% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 70%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 85GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 301 170 164 166 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 376 Mixed 333 SusWrite 219 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 45.3 149% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 350 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 143GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 118 117 118 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 117 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 686GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 107 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 74 SusWrite 107 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 127% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%
Imation M100 USB 3 320GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 252GB free, PID 1905 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 78.7 Write 53.2 Mixed 46 SusWrite 83 86% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 63%

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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	834x
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 $195Bench 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	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16