MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.5% 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	82.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 20:15
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 374 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 79.7 55% 68.7 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 53.8 Splatting 78.1 54% 64.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 239 245 250 257 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 454 Write 504 Mixed 286 SusWrite 275 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 26.5 107% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 403 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 310 237% 325 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 141%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 85GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 40 25 21 25 31 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.31% Terrible	Read 29 Write 30.3 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 29.3 6% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 1% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 46 81 41 23 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 24.5 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 42.8 22% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $109Bench 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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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