MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% 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	86.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 246 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 716 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1627 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 122 94% 118 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 95 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q 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 97 97 11454 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2514 (B1) Unknown 96 96 210 (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 63 48 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 384 (F1) Unknown 99 99 76733727535	86.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 143 Mixed 279 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.5 152% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 98.5 112% 198 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 815GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145027512 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31039615 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098501 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 537788447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38336 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 47244640287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105608950838553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12836022426 (F2) Unknown 100 253 114439706780	79.3% Very good	Read 158 Write 119 Mixed 119 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.14 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 126 Write 39.2 Mixed 51.1 76% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.76 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.95 99% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 26.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	188x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,324

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