MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive169% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7918
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateJan 18 '17 at 21:44
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User LTU-User
Background CPU 25%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 93.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 249
90% 158 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 675
70% 562 Pts
64-Core 679
42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 156
Parallax 131
118% 144 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 136
Splatting 115
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
455GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
169% Outstanding
Read 1,412
Write 805
Mixed 1,042
240% 1,087 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 89.8
4K Mixed 32.2
142% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 458
DQ Write 485
DQ Mixed 179
215% 374 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 169%
Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
620GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Read 148
Write 177
Mixed 142
117% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.31
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.3
125% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 184%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
56.4% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 17.9
54% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 16.4
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 60.9
66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,581 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783
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HDDRAMUSB
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