MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 09:28
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 570 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 181 Parallax 181 107% 164 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 170 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 448 382 326 326 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 573 Write 522 Mixed 406 SusWrite 356 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 40.9 138% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 362 269% 356 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 236%
Samsung MZ7KM1T9HAJM-00005 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 1TB free Firmware: GXM1103Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 304 352 382 377 379 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 463 Mixed 424 SusWrite 340 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 41.9 141% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 338 251% 333 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 125%
Jamesdonkey JD960 960GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 887GB free Firmware: JD2019 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 286 329 354 351 351 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 492 Write 412 Mixed 360 SusWrite 319 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 18.5 93% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 26.2 72% 146 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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