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MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% 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	162% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). 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	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '23 at 19:59
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 578 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$140 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 111 Parallax 114 99% 115 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.2 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$220 4,222 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 613 618 671 671 660 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 692 Write 585 Mixed 625 SusWrite 638 143% 635 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 60.1 199% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 785 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 837 605% 781 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 389%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 171 173 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 135 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 172 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 82%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,411 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	879x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	169x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	202x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	48x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	41x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	38x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350