MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	110% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150108
Uptime	20.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '22 at 10:20
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 194 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 520 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 166 Parallax 103 86% 125 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.3 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 239 197 193 189 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 478 Mixed 389 SusWrite 207 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59.2 198% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 54GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 385 81 60 45 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 418 Mixed 419 SusWrite 139 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 32.6 152% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 46.4 102% 206 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 177 176 177 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 192 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 173 100% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	69x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	59x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	26x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	71x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	20x
DDR3 1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 2,890 samples	15x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363