MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 20:25
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 239 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 657 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 125 Parallax 107 104% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 112 Splatting 110 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$60 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,399 Write 1,143 Mixed 1,214 279% 1,252 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 42.9 158% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 147 199% 365 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 204%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 31GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11700554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -44813688752495 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4012 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2173 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11700554 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11700554 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11700554 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22745 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23908 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23908 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30248	44% Average	Read 189 Write 73.1 Mixed 110 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 12.3 97% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88.2 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 24.4 38% 72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 61%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 424GB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 17743322 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 17756947982 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 622264351 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1143 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 6 17743322 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82% Excellent	Read 146 Write 139 Mixed 133 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.42 130% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 104%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 29GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 196 Mixed 166 248% 202 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 4.73 582% 9.08 MB/s	DQ Read 11.2 DQ Write 5.42 DQ Mixed 4.98 396% 7.21 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	844x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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