MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	143% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 13:23
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 600 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 80.2 72% 86.1 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 71.6 64% 79.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 737 Write 629 Mixed 731 156% 699 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.1 189% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 396 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 180 185% 302 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 283%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 658GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 40.4 Mixed 31.9 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 4.37 4K Mixed 0.41 163% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 64%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 450GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 123 122 4808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 432 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87834 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 28 (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	46.6% Average	Read 88.9 Write 73.2 Mixed 63.4 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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