MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	15.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140922
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 11:31
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.2% Average	Memory 54.7 1-Core 21.8 2-Core 59.6 30% 45.4 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 440 36% 316 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 094C) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 354.56 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 7.73 Parallax 9.34 7% 8.58 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 11.6 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21963 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1846 (B1) Unknown 66 66 1213 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 627 (F1) Unknown 99 99 153077959933	46.4% Average	Read 465 Write 152 Mixed 189 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 14.5 51% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 84.6 DQ Write 36.8 DQ Mixed 25.8 28% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 110%
WD Se 3TB (2013)-$67 926 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 240GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 130 11825 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5213 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 805 (10) Unknown 20 180 361320032041 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5014 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 39 (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	89.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 160 Mixed 159 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 99%
Toshiba MK1002TSKB 1TB-$141 962 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 28GB free Firmware: MT4A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6689 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 18201 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1486 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12360 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929085981 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 12293 (DE) Loaded hours 77 77 9590 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 100 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.9% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 83.9 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.36 112% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 454GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 85.7 Write 87 Mixed 66.7 101% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 65%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 35.6 Write 38 Mixed 14.7 36% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.52 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.9 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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