MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.6% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	11GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 11GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 11 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 10:44
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 380 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 52.1 32% 40.3 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 35.5 Splatting 36.6 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0240A 240GB 2,348 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 87 88 89 89 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 412 Write 283 Mixed 305 SusWrite 119 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 33.9 141% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 205 162% 218 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 89%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 399GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 48.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 104 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%
WDC WD25 00BEVT-60ZCT1 250GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 229GB free, PID 110c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 37 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 38.3 47% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Kingston KTW149-ELF 0215 VS2GB1333D4 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 11GB 1600, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 1024, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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