MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 364 44% 339 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.6% Average	Lighting 59.7 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 57.3 49% 60.1 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 54.4 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4328938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 62895501091310 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 47247392797 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 47247392797 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4328938 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4328938 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4328938 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7037 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7336 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7336 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18974	71% Very good	Read 513 Write 167 Mixed 229 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 19.8 113% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 51.5 69% 124 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7449012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -76209899689160 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1864 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 309 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 43 47247458334 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 47247458334 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7449012 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7449012 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7449012 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 47866 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48259 (F1) Unknown 0 0 48259 (F2) Unknown 0 0 36466	50.2% Above average	Read 190 Write 136 Mixed 124 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 14.5 95% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 40.7 62% 116 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 412GB free Firmware: SD25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45244330 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 57 124634087361 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2478 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 73 4295098440 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 488439837 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 21 45244330 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 92.2 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 242GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71363757 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 391502543 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3546 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065811 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 18 71363757 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115508850496907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 701807739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37139633	63.2% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.51 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 70%
Maxtor 6L200S0 204GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 8GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 185 182 24235 (04) Start/Stop count 247 247 13039 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 234 49898 (09) Power-on hours count 147 147 53310 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 241 241 5081 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 253 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 4748 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 154 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 250 0	23.8% Poor	Read 41.9 Write 39.8 Mixed 40.1 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 3.94 4K Mixed 0.5 158% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 20.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 73%

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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	850x
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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16