MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	107% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 17:14
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 99 2-Core 186 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 530 50% 415 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 20.4 14% 18 fps	MRender 23.7 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 17.2 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata FALCON 256GB 1,157 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 500 509 508 394 283 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 505 Mixed 488 SusWrite 406 117% 525 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 36.5 129% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 355 261% 339 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 212%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 170 Write 55.4 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 51.8 20% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 27 99% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 69.4 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 59.2 45% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 676GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 182 185 187 187 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 122 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 185 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 355GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 63.5 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 64.1 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 62%

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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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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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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