MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.5% 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	99.4% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 15:25
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 359 45% 341 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2753) CLim: 1489 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 375.86 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 18.4 16% 18.6 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 19 17% 21.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2384 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39859280 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 357 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 89 89 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15150 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8221 (F9) Unknown 100 100 881839688	99.4% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 434 Mixed 452 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 23.1 129% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 79.7 130% 250 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 504GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 191 23528 (03) Spinup time 186 182 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2634 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2570 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 121743 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	51.9% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 87.2 Mixed 77.7 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,675 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,585 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	851x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	617x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	309x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	99x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16