MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	73.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 01:15
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 562 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 89.3 57% 76.7 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 57.5 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10484 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3523 (B1) Unknown 93 93 74 (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 65 32 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 377 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33840259395	73.1% Very good	Read 372 Write 261 Mixed 261 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 22.3 114% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 18.2 60% 134 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 118%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 62GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1892 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 82 5283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3300 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3347 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684511262 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 60 60 21601 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 231 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3457	48.1% Average	Read 73.8 Write 93.6 Mixed 73.2 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 55GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116829264 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 265954268 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1415 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 31 116829264 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 55 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50216757635863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1388811597 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3330826873	47.5% Average	Read 83.2 Write 82.4 Mixed 83.3 63% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.42 78% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%

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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	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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