MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.5% 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	104% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 16:03
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 395 50% 380 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus R9 290X 107 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 046C) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.5% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 63 Parallax 93.2 59% 76.1 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 78 55% 65.8 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 839GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 41 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1297040559	104% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 398 Mixed 157 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 37.3 158% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 126 131% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 208GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th 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 7446 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1771 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 132 (AE) Unknown 100 100 186 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 171798691868 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17995087674 (F7) Unknown 100 100 564886466 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1510985744	87.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 273 Mixed 260 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 30.1 135% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 49.3 87% 171 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 91%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 6 (C2) HDA temperature 116 113 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 139 Write 151 Mixed 117 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.26 112% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 867GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149749502 (03) Spinup time 100 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 202153200 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3574 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 38655296167 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 589 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 589365282 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 25769803810 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 22 149749502 (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 118017111375335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1860938431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 430533960	60.9% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 26.8 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.57 127% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 59GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 38.1 Mixed 24.3 42% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.37 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11D3L/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C11D3L/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 23.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 70%

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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	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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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Total price: $851

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