MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% 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	119% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 09:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 670 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 90% 109 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 92.1 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 340GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,376 Write 1,309 Mixed 1,356 370% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 46.5 216% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 197 216% 366 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3977 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 839 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 77 (AE) Unknown 99 99 26 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 854 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 32 43 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 19808 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5481 (F2) Unknown 99 99 9551	119% Outstanding	Read 761 Write 662 Mixed 715 159% 713 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 27 153% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.4 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 27.6 36% 62 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 220%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 171GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3788 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 587 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 917508 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 67 46 231929413665 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1032 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 895 (F2) Unknown 100 100 912 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 14 (F6) Unknown 100 100 282368	96.9% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 499 Mixed 510 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 13.8 110% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 14.1 97% 224 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 65GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3796 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 775 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 512 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655386 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 68 52 206159609888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2757 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2264 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3783 (F4) Unknown 100 100 10 (F5) Unknown 100 100 26 (F6) Unknown 100 100 748672	92.4% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 425 Mixed 510 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 13.3 110% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 12.7 94% 219 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16