MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.7% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 17:47
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 121 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 630 61% 504 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 100 96% 112 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1919 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1091 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 79 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8658376905	122% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 500 Mixed 517 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.1 176% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 169 180% 299 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 26GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 723 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 429 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1836413907	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 48.5 182% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 118 147% 263 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 122%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 416GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6290 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1941 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 370343958 (C2) HDA temperature 77 51 387121175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 142279 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	41.5% Average	Read 72.6 Write 71.9 Mixed 72.7 55% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 175GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155888744 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9496593 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1338 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 538574878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5756 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 55834574878 (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 132495446116427 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15677385840 (F2) Unknown 100 253 157218733562	60.6% Good	Read 97 Write 113 Mixed 108 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.59 187% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-084.A00LF 9905471-084.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 9905471-084.A00LF 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

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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	834x
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 $195Bench 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	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16