MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 525 57% 451 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7916) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.23 Parallax 5.44 3% 5.14 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 7.43 4% 4.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 79.3 76% 88.5 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 83 Splatting 84.3 68% 82.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14854 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (A5) Unknown 100 100 627190662601 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 33 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 39 167504445469 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5918515266914 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7200 (EA) Unknown 100 100 30939 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22189 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16956 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 475 Write 313 Mixed 281 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 16.2 89% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 50.4 91% 184 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 248GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113006448 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32464555 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 571670556 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 116728 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 38654705692 (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 140033113730020 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14502341210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 212621385683	99.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 182 Mixed 116 115% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 164GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 200 Write 22.6 Mixed 30.6 61% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.25 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 149% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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 $182	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) $30	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