MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 06:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25.2% Poor	Memory 40 1-Core 19.8 2-Core 36.2 22% 32 Pts	4-Core 58 8-Core 78.3 9% 68.2 Pts	64-Core 65.5 4% 65.5 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 80%

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: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 29.2 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 49.5 24% 39.7 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 52.8 46% 56.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFD 240GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5864 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1039 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 66 66 1045 (AE) Unknown 100 100 197 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 201863462950 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 66 66 34 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28963075944 (F7) Unknown 100 100 912262986 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2784060674	46.5% Average	Read 363 Write 268 Mixed 315 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 8.11 44% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 60.1 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 7.84 21% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 511GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 98 232478880 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24026295 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1039 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 163 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 655949858 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39390 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 64424509474 (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 -103070625166336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23034955733 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53743646614	96.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 165 Mixed 162 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 1x8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.4% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 5.3 14% 4.77 GB/s	Latency 202 20% 202 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $94Bench 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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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 $40	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