MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.2% 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 Drive159% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7916
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 20 '20 at 22:22
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 91.4
1-Core 114
2-Core 188
78% 131 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 582
58% 474 Pts
64-Core 588
36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
98.2% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 137
Parallax 115
103% 126 fps
MRender 98.2
Gravity 122
Splatting 106
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 449 536 491 428 378 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 696
Write 585
Mixed 543
SusWrite 423
126% 562 MB/s
4K Read 54.9
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 69.3
241% 84.9 MB/s
DQ Read 766
DQ Write 629
DQ Mixed 876
607% 757 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 159%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
57.4% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 16.5
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 20
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 57.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,340 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $851
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