New MacBook Pro but Battery Health 97%?

I recently bought a MacBook Pro 13inch just last thursday and I came to notice in the iStat Pro Battery Info the Battery Health is 97%. Is this normal? Number of Cyles are 7.

Be aware that "health" cn be "current charge" or "max possible charge".
As Steve Ar said, both can vary a bit.
My MBP (see attached image from Cononut Battery Monitor,
This can be downloaded from macupdate.com)
My MBP has been powered constantly for the last few day, but has dropped to 95%.  It does this to prevent the "constant use" of the recharge circuits, and will recharge itself to 100% when it drops below 95%.  Also the max charge is more than design, but will not stay at that max charge ... it will change a litlle even rising fromover 7000 mAh occasionally.
To keep your battery healthy, do NOT run it dead.  That kills LithiumIon batteries.  You need to exercise those LithiumIons sometimes or they get fat and lazy.  Use the system on battery only at least once a month, down to 50% or 60% and then recharge.
Also note that the life-limit of LI batteries is about 1000 cycles (each full charge is 1 cycle, 2 charges from 50% to 100% is 1 cycle, etc).  It can exceed that, but the closer yo get to 1000 to more likely it is to need replacing.

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