MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	138% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 397 51% 386 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 143 Parallax 121 108% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
AMD HD 5830 2,946 User benchmarks, average bench 13% XFX(1682 3070) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 15.9 15% 15.4 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 14.2 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 452 468 462 480 489 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 581 Mixed 467 SusWrite 456 123% 550 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 50.8 187% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 381 328% 496 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 243%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 159GB free Firmware: X31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 248 227 218 199 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 469 Write 379 Mixed 276 SusWrite 220 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 26.6 112% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 80.8 63% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 101%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 219GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 251 266 262 279 282 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 377 Write 379 Mixed 370 SusWrite 262 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.7 132% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 343 257% 341 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 135 130 132 128 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 107 Mixed 76 SusWrite 128 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2054 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,337 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	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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