MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	107% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140430
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '17 at 08:37
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 530 59% 463 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 44 37% 44.8 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 77 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (E8) Unknown 100 100 6363268732 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	107% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 401 Mixed 404 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 35.2 172% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 94.6 120% 212 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240496880 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5471967 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 76 50 420741144 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 402 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4701 (C2) HDA temperature 24 50 34359738392 (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 -9298604195436 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27419743318 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27414041815	82.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 138 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 96%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 155 155 111669149698 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4469 (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 86 86 6384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1942 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 109679 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 287763529751 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47.6% Average	Read 40 Write 126 Mixed 116 72% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 264GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233943992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 25981744722 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1558 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 35 -121813441642471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 19 19 162064 (C2) HDA temperature 25 65 17179869209 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 27 233943992 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59.7% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 108 Mixed 103 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 116GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 864 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35284077 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2297 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 98 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 454361114 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2449 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 21474836506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 12 864 (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 102486509624282 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3843007637 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1147283839	35.1% Below average	Read 58 Write 64.4 Mixed 59.1 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.68 116% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,309

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