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 above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '16 at 09:25
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 626 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.8 89% 109 fps	Gravity 103 Splatting 103 91% 103 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q 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 99 99 6 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16214 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1967 (B1) Unknown 91 91 316 (B3) Unknown 99 99 6 (B5) Unknown 99 99 6 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23124033474
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Transcend MTS400 M.2 128GB-$80 647 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 2469 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8510 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 515 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18313 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26790 (F5) Unknown 100 100 34040	78.5% Very good	Read 509 Write 151 Mixed 235 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 29.9 132% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 59.7 83% 155 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 406GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7141 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2014 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 4301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 163193 (C2) HDA temperature 111 80 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 93 93 5791 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14438168450 (F2) Unknown 200 200 17619332277 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 83.2 Write 68.5 Mixed 79.2 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.7% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	829x
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 $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 $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	38x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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