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MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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 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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '15 at 08:53
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 137 2-Core 272 93% 205 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 730 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Lighting 92 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 81 75% 88.5 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 82 Splatting 74.1 65% 80 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 733 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 644 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 81 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1711 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 145 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 37 158914773017 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 13 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1204 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1588 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2151 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	118% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 499 Mixed 479 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 32 173% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 53 119% 246 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 20GB free Firmware: R131 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1268 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1010 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 44 (A9) Unknown 100 100 405 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 280 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 105 450972483606 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 36 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3033 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2294 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2578 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 445 Mixed 403 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 31.2 175% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 62.6 113% 225 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 268GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 507 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 138 Mixed 114 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.25 105% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 118GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 504 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.6% Good	Read 101 Write 121 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.39 135% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 108%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,337 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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

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