MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140430
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 93 2-Core 179 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 496 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 95.5 Parallax 82.5 70% 88.1 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 86.5 70% 85.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 100 5663 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3837 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3889 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3867 (AE) Unknown 100 100 235 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 249108103205 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 129 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 772536 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12423 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9607	77.6% Very good	Read 480 Write 423 Mixed 453 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 5.79 86% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 36 72% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 49GB free Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3703 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11665551 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 371 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 47 201864904738 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 171800526888 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1090 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1555 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1427 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1966 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.1% Very good	Read 484 Write 234 Mixed 272 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 19.7 105% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 44.1 78% 160 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115644912 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 310464006 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180786702 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 4833280030 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94965 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 -140737488355298 (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 -44959717634275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 106160130505758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27758028875330	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 171 Mixed 118 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.4 117% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	188x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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