MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 312 46% 333 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 63.1 154% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 37455773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 36266703871824 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1506 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 415 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 79 30069948452 (C2) HDA temperature 36 79 30069948452 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 37455773 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 37455773 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 37455773 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 74927 (EA) Unknown 0 0 50231 (F1) Unknown 0 0 50231 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18250	75.2% Very good	Read 480 Write 201 Mixed 220 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 20.7 120% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 50.6 76% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 684GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 128 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1392 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45579 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 35 (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	44.6% Average	Read 86 Write 69.9 Mixed 57.2 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 5% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 181GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98857888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 128101378 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 837 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 37 37 63 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 605224994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 164774 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 25769803810 (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 -44663364901542 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63838380585 (F2) Unknown 100 253 950857544101	60% Above average	Read 117 Write 92.8 Mixed 112 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.1 35% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 18.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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