MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 15:25
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 686 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.9 85% 103 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 84.6 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6289 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1073 (A5) Unknown 100 100 408111481821 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 42 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 204 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 193274576932 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4698744554566 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6909 (EA) Unknown 100 100 20592 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12679 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13264 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 481 Write 318 Mixed 294 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 21.6 119% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 48.9 90% 180 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 364GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47705880 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37124730 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 496 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 621936674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6997 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 60129542178 (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 60662118092461 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17048871333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89773152495	54.7% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 95.5 Mixed 19.7 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16