MSI Z97-S01 (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97-S01 (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 09:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 374 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3264) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 30.2 21% 27.7 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 32.1 22% 25.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN423c Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3506 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2621440 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 191 191 399445131301 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 63 63 158916018213 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37350217216 (EA) Unknown 100 100 78900158016 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14453009013 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20039081037	71.2% Very good	Read 492 Write 291 Mixed 361 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 21.5 105% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 18.9 25% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 431GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143666522 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17044964 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555679777 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 34359738401 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 38 143666522 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.3% Average	Read 84.9 Write 86.8 Mixed 83.2 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.49 107% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5591, Sandisk Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 142 Write 85.2 Mixed 104 133% 111 MB/s	4K Read 6.18 4K Write 3.71 4K Mixed 1.78 210% 3.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Samsung M378B5173BH0-CK0 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 50%

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Typical Z97-S01 (MS-7923) Builds (Compare 17 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z97-S01 (MS-7923)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	8x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	3x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	2x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	3x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	2x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Kingston 9905474-063.A00LF 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Kingston 9905474-063.A00LF 24GBUnknownBench 51%, 3 samples	3x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	3x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	2x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $407

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16