MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% 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	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 22:51
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 218 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 616 59% 489 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 202 Parallax 176 146% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 170 Splatting 127 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11739 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 170 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193273528356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30191191057 (F7) Unknown 100 100 957412297 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1755921203	74.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 271 Mixed 350 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 17.8 113% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 28.7 50% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 91%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 62GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12043 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 48 223339085861 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5673895386 (F7) Unknown 100 100 177914256 (F8) Unknown 100 100 176134959	95.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 331 Mixed 389 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34.8 145% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 53.9 94% 181 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 49GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 74 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8796 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454118433 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.7% Good	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 116 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 157 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 132522 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.2% Above average	Read 85.2 Write 92.8 Mixed 83.3 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 51%

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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	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 $94Bench 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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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 $177	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