MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	24.9% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '16 at 11:21
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Memory 46.2 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 43.3 26% 37.7 Pts	4-Core 79.1 8-Core 110 12% 94.7 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.9% Poor	Lighting 36.1 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 46.2 29% 42.7 fps	MRender 1.38 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 38 16% 16.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th 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 100 100 557 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 34 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13415 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12009 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 120417 (F2) Unknown 100 100 71565 (F5) Unknown 100 100 214640	76.9% Very good	Read 506 Write 419 Mixed 390 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 19.5 86% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 57.3 60% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14200 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 138 Write 100 Mixed 78.7 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-152.A00LF 9905403-152.A00LF 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.4% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 7.3 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 175 23% 175 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 25%

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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	831x
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 $265Bench 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	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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