MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 11:07
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 373 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 74.7 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 73 Splatting 73.1 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 71 (AE) Unknown 100 100 147 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2590 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 59 176094511141 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11313626902 (F7) Unknown 100 100 354627103 (F8) Unknown 100 100 329779924	89.6% Excellent	Read 521 Write 393 Mixed 412 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 22.1 116% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 18.5 73% 163 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 423GB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 128193131 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 91 60 1383968572 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2280 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 22198681640 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4438 (C2) HDA temperature 40 46 -140737488355288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 7 128193131 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 148 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.45 163% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 22.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 64%

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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 $124	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