MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 21:59
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 390 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.5 34% 41.9 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 36.2 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 262 261 257 255 253 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 487 Mixed 370 SusWrite 276 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.8 204% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 124 124 122 124 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 122 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 102 103 101 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.7 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 101 70% 94 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 67%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 35GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 32 26 26 29 26 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 102 Write 29.2 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 25.2 44% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.1 153% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	845x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	307x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	440x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	206x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	153x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	98x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	48x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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