MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% 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	65.3% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '21 at 18:49
Run Duration	387 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 68.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 188 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 468 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 142 Parallax 124 112% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 122 122 114 108 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 340 Write 189 Mixed 235 SusWrite 123 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 31.8 125% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 134 101% 135 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 87%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 227 234 213 208 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 458 Write 255 Mixed 257 SusWrite 223 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 14.6 96% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 23.8 44% 86 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 115GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 78 79 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 80.5 Write 78.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 78.9 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 71: 8R 10G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
71%	38%	50	274	195	144	27"	1920 1080	ACR0628 ED273 A

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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