MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% 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	98.5% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 743 81% 640 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1422 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 105 Parallax 105 81% 103 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 83.2 72% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 SATA M.2 480GB-$381 177 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4376 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 39 261993005107 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18953325779 (F7) Unknown 100 100 150726695 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2764347886	98.5% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 412 Mixed 439 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 29.4 134% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 57.9 112% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 97%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 520GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 175 168 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2287 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1928 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2010 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 30 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 198 188 564	63.3% Good	Read 121 Write 99.5 Mixed 112 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.37 123% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 431GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 138 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2273 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1930 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1981 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 30 (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 200 200 110	63.8% Good	Read 99.3 Write 123 Mixed 96.6 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.49 106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	829x
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	190x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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