MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 18:43
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 666 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 103GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 717 Write 543 Mixed 563 135% 608 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 42.6 216% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 793 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 275 302% 517 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 317GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243368136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17244288977 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1326 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 470810652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25765 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 60129542172 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -140522739987942 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -51672425383593 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95903986523932	86.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 145 Mixed 116 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.41 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$30 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96945351 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37286255 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 641 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 470548505 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13491 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 96945351 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35.5% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 62.3 Mixed 62.9 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.33 67% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB Kingston HP698650-154-KEB 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB Kingston HP698650-154-KEB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.1% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,349 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	836x
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	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16