MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	74.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 02:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 628 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 99.3 83% 102 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 94.1 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKGW180A4 180GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 134 139 149 126 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 326 Write 198 Mixed 224 SusWrite 136 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 33.9 148% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 123 113% 174 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 82%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 92GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 323 324 319 313 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 324 Mixed 298 SusWrite 319 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42.6 162% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 182 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 124 126 126 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 157 Mixed 107 SusWrite 126 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 150% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 136 140 140 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 138 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 79%

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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	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