MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 13:50
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 435 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 76 68% 81.8 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 67.9 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 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 95 95 7142898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2619930056162 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 496 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 45 63 81608507437 (C2) HDA temperature 45 63 81608507437 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7142898 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7142898 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7142898 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 85899345921 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10588 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6184 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6184 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7202 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5242958
Poor: 52% Great: 75%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 672GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829622 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 249109413930 (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 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 185 Mixed 155 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
WD WD3200SD-01KNB0 320GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 259GB free Firmware: 08.05J08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 173 5475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (C2) HDA temperature 103 87 47 (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 200 196 75 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.4% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 55.7 Mixed 55 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.43 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.C16 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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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 $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	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 $300	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 $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