MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 21:57
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 624 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 173 Parallax 165 128% 165 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 165 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 288 291 295 294 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 425 Mixed 295 SusWrite 291 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 40 154% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 272 225% 324 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 134%
Team TM8FP6001T 1TB 9,663 User benchmarks, average bench 227% 804GB free Firmware: S1218A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 564 583 598 596 604 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 612 Mixed 570 SusWrite 582 139% 618 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 26.4 165% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 751 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 384 350% 541 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 305%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 456GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 142 142 143 143 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 137 Mixed 104 SusWrite 142 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 161 164 163 163 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76% Very good	Read 105 Write 129 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 160 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 90%

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 as expected (48^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	27"	1280 720	ACR0414 XG270HU

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Typical Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 354 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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