MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.7% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 20:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 580 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.7% Above average	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 64% 59.4 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 105 107 104 103 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 454 Write 408 Mixed 150 SusWrite 105 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 30 133% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 179 151% 227 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 124%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 278GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 72 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 70.2 Write 70.3 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 72.1 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 279GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 82 80 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 99 Write 90.7 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 80.3 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.3% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.3 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 87%

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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