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MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	130% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '22 at 17:22
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 246 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 705 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 145 Parallax 149 114% 145 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 141 Splatting 122 101% 123 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21112012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 273 204 162 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 577 Write 543 Mixed 560 SusWrite 198 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 57.9 207% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 572 463% 651 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 186%
Samsung MZ7KH480HAHQ-00005 480GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 116GB free Firmware: HXM7404Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 228 229 226 228 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 342 Write 335 Mixed 331 SusWrite 208 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 46.7 154% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 226 172% 231 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$30 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 189GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 136 136 135 135 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 143 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 128 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 373 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	257x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	45x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	30x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Total price: $648

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