MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	14.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 137 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 724 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AMD(1002 0B37) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 91.1 63% 79.5 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 59.5 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7288 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2203 (B1) Unknown 98 98 110 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 916 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23257614263	111% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 509 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 45.4 156% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 140 144% 236 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 193GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 98 37240592 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5078 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 39 16282803330521 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 33 33 67 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065668 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 203 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 538705952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48721 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -58652073379676 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74342855955 (F2) Unknown 100 253 216107952678	64.3% Good	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 126 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 275GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103427288 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 180508540 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2829 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65540 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41990 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119202522325488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33395908100 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53814710680	80.6% Excellent	Read 126 Write 154 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.59 193% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]123(F/Y/R 4x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 30.5 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 26.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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