MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.4% 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	31.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 422 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 31 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 32.7 22% 26 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7243 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 100 100 97 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 323 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 641 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15466831996 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21446348096	31.4% Below average	Read 444 Write 39.8 Mixed 48.9 38% 178 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 5.43 36% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 9 DQ Mixed 6.22 9% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 56%
Maxtor STM3160813AS 160GB 1,148 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 103GB free Firmware: MC1J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86224391 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120807463 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3998 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 150 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 571932706 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 33 86224391 (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 -73246372256648 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4169655025 (F2) Unknown 100 253 315224861	63% Good	Read 107 Write 112 Mixed 97.2 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 66%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 66GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 153 (03) Spinup time 140 137 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7044 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6937 (C2) HDA temperature 106 86 37 (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 0	55.4% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 106 Mixed 96.3 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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