MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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 Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 733 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 124GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13068 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1528 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 293 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12186334132	88.2% Excellent	Read 507 Write 283 Mixed 355 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 27.4 139% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 76.7 96% 168 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7366 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 789 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30362301028
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 26GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18607 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2322 (B1) Unknown 98 98 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 526 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6777934972	83.2% Excellent	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 450 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 24.2 104% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 65.4 71% 121 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 946GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113076976 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15723500 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1213 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 621740068 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83989 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 47244640292 (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 -65803193935210 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9313466056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14848532427	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 172 Mixed 170 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 223GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 7132 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 288 (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 94 94 2470 (0A) Spinup retry count 105 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 296 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159216681 (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 200 253 3 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2464 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	72.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 121 Mixed 108 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 104%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 383GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 79.9 Mixed 74.1 101% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1400, 1800, 1400, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 78%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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