MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.6% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 15:58
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 659 64% 528 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 132 103% 132 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 148 91 52 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 477 Write 328 Mixed 395 SusWrite 79.7 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 46.1 126% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 242 202% 291 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 175GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 309 316 318 319 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 450 Mixed 446 SusWrite 329 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60.6 189% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 179 181 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 142 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 178 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 254GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 107 107 106 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 59.2 Write 62 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 106 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 220GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 114 114 113 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 153 Write 136 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 113 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 109%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 179GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 96 98 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 99.3 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 96.9 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 183 184 183 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 137 Write 134 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 179 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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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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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 $182	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) $30	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