MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (90%). 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 23:57
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 459 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2727 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 159 Parallax 151 122% 153 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 145 Splatting 117 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 283GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2019 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 888 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 75 63 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3946388832	118% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 417 Mixed 417 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.2 187% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 130 150% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 100 100 411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1015 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5547 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184684576795 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12909519170 (F7) Unknown 100 100 424692347 (F8) Unknown 100 100 529633023	52.5% Above average	Read 464 Write 198 Mixed 289 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 14.2 70% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 26.8 DQ Mixed 33.9 23% 28.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.7 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 79%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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