MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 18:49
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 676 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 78.8 82% 93.1 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.1 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 302 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 146 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2423177654	96.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 402 Mixed 409 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.5 162% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 28.5 36% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 134%
KINGSTON SH103S3480G 480GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 25GB free, PID 6388 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 256 Mixed 294 381% 313 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 11.4 1,142% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 11.5 1,148% 17.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 178%
Mass Storage Device 16GB 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 2.74 Mixed 17.3 16% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.41 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.81 84% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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