MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% 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	100% 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	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 00:39
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 232 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 603 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 67 Parallax 59.4 54% 64 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 61 Splatting 55.4 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1092 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 570 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6422699 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11206754 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C2) HDA temperature 70 62 163209805854 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 13 (DA) Unknown 100 100 13 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22631 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14866 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14802 (F4) Unknown 100 100 98 (F5) Unknown 100 100 171 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6735424	100% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 507 Mixed 506 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14 120% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 14.3 96% 223 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 387GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186213296 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15970938 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 617 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 470941723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3439 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110887465651034 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18772471965 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34744703384	78.1% Very good	Read 144 Write 128 Mixed 134 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 86GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896633012 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1495 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3264 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 154619871259 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 148 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 103%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 2TB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 40 Write 38.1 Mixed 38.4 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.84 4K Mixed 0.42 216% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2133C11Y4 2x8GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	829x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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