MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 00:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 93 2-Core 256 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 609 67% 527 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 71.2 59% 72.8 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 59.7 55% 67.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 184 194 201 196 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 461 Write 187 Mixed 179 SusWrite 194 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.2 113% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 77.3 88% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 78%
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 181GB free Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 526 264 264 266 266 265 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 822 Write 832 Mixed 806 SusWrite 309 156% 692 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 49.8 183% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 589 473% 664 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 141%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 411GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 149 148 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 146 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 149 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 442GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 20 31 14 26 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 73%

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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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $179	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