MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	176% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 00:48
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Memory 55.4 1-Core 18.7 2-Core 34.6 27% 36.2 Pts	4-Core 64.8 8-Core 103 10% 83.8 Pts	64-Core 86.8 5% 86.8 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7916) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.71% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 1.22 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.76 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.18 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 0.71% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 905GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 1090 1465 1199 1169 1113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,475 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,139 SusWrite 1231 296% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 32.8 111% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 163 124% 170 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 372%
SanDisk SDDR-113 16GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 10GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 14 16 14 15 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	5.74% Terrible	Read 14.3 Write 8.5 Mixed 8.3 SusWrite 13.7 15% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 14% 1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.74% Great: 15%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 286GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 119 118 120 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 52 Write 52.9 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 118 92% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 1311 M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 1311 M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 5.9 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	830x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
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 $90Bench 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	39x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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