MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	91.2% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 16:47
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 470 58% 442 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 377D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 116% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 204GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 315 363 368 369 369 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 368 Mixed 358 SusWrite 348 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 55.2 184% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 225 171% 232 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 216 214 218 212 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 263 Mixed 284 SusWrite 205 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.9 161% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 249 196% 271 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 91%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 151 156 159 164 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 418 Write 197 Mixed 237 SusWrite 154 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.6 173% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 180 143% 199 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 153 154 154 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 148 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 153 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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

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 $184	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