MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 08:02
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 658 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 99.5 63% 84.7 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 47.1 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB-$256 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 149 140 109 124 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 305 Write 148 Mixed 195 SusWrite 142 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 17.9 70% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 111 88% 126 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 69%
Synology iSCSI Storage 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 380GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 52 42 44 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.8% Below average	Read 102 Write 99.9 Mixed 102 SusWrite 47.7 20% 88 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 17.9 61% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 171 112% 131 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 31%
Microsoft Sanal Diski 480GB 95GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 43 34 31 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.6% Poor	Read 103 Write 66.6 Mixed 102 SusWrite 41.2 18% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 17.4 60% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 169 108% 124 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 322GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 107 107 109 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 145 Write 114 Mixed 79 SusWrite 109 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 112%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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