MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 17:09
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 474 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 77.9 73% 85 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 70.1 62% 76.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3883818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -48850958014113 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2063 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 325 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3883818 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3883818 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3883818 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8936 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8749 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8749 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12710	73.7% Very good	Read 503 Write 232 Mixed 321 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 0.91 132% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 17.9 36% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 91%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6372742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -111334142241481 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 35 30067064854 (C2) HDA temperature 22 35 30067064854 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6372742 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6372742 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6372742 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10521 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7127 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7127 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3530	67.8% Good	Read 488 Write 155 Mixed 213 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 20.1 118% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.7 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 22 38% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388378038 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2428 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4068 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4068 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 176093724697 (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 200 200 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 113 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.45 113% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 85%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 29 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 86%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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