MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	89.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 17:01
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 406 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gainward(10B0 1B82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 140 Parallax 133 110% 136 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 90% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D256-41 SATA 256GB SED 341 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: T88410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 112 84 107 96 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 436 Write 417 Mixed 375 SusWrite 110 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 51.5 158% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 301 237% 329 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 102%
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 50GB free Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 321 362 326 409 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 230 Mixed 307 SusWrite 351 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 42.5 142% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 171 171% 278 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 108%
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$322 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 294GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 252 268 259 264 262 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 408 Write 230 Mixed 239 SusWrite 253 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 19.1 67% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 103 90% 138 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 162 162 160 162 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 161 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 26.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $31	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