MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 10:04
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 555 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

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: 382.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 66.2 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 69GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 4535764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -86827058843295 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3329 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 332 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 61 64428507186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4535764 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4535764 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4535764 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21667 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19754 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19754 (F2) Unknown 0 0 45005	48.3% Average	Read 193 Write 98.3 Mixed 117 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 11.8 103% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 28.5 45% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 83%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th 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 100 100 438 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 70 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30638 (A5) Unknown 100 100 92 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41164 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 138159 (F2) Unknown 100 100 155781 (F5) Unknown 100 100 245104	94.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 359 Mixed 425 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 31.6 132% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 65.6 106% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 103%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 465GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 157 5025 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 624 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8739 (C2) HDA temperature 90 79 57 (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	47.7% Average	Read 66.7 Write 99.4 Mixed 102 68% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 162GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 107 105 7608 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6814 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6802 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 306931 (C2) HDA temperature 98 84 49 (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	35.8% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 62.4 Mixed 54.8 45% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 126GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 57 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5865 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3708 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5367 (C2) HDA temperature 90 77 53 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2
Poor: 24% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 23.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 81%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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