MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '16 at 03:39
Run Duration	362 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 668 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Lighting 86.5 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 84.4 70% 86.2 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 77 Splatting 68.6 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Avago MR9361-8i 479GB 446GB free Firmware: 4.65 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16329077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -1365799596805 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 314 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 45 38657654817 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 38657654817 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16329077 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16329077 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16329077 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4851 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4775 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4775 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5798	76% Very good	Read 505 Write 249 Mixed 290 76% 348 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 16.5 130% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 15.8 29% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 15GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 275 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 50 48 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 749124709
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2999 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 434 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 69 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1374725663	95.6% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 351 Mixed 341 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 23.6 140% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 64.8 113% 224 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 6GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 4.65 Mixed 7.25 14% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.34 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 1.2 113% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 85%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

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) $23	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