MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '21 at 22:27
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 658 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 90 Parallax 85.7 75% 89.1 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 81 Splatting 73.6 71% 89.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 827GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 560 573 575 579 431 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 626 Write 540 Mixed 584 SusWrite 517 128% 567 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 69.7 228% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 826 585% 744 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 365%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 103GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 272 270 273 277 212 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 422 Mixed 426 SusWrite 249 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 50.7 171% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 293 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 150 151 155 168 132 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 144 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 105%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 29GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 133 133 127 104 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 115 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 184GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 69.6 Write 77.2 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 72.6 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 44GB free Firmware: 3.AEG SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 72 74 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 74.9 Write 67.9 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 73.1 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27"	1280 720	SAM029A SyncMaster

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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	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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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