MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 10:15
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 327 43% 323 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85ED) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 60.9 57% 66.6 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 69.7 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14110817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -85066122259467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 950 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 100 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 74 30069620761 (C2) HDA temperature 25 74 30069620761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14110817 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14110817 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14110817 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5252 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3028 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3028 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5806	57.2% Above average	Read 466 Write 76.2 Mixed 126 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 14.3 110% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 12.5 22% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 69%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 914GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 152 7025 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8640 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6037 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8640 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 31 (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 200 200 855 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.4% Average	Read 94.1 Write 53.2 Mixed 88.9 60% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 51%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 120GB free Firmware: 0002HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31878733 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2092 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 343713350251 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2092 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 48 420347928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69854 (C2) HDA temperature 24 52 30064771096 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 44 31878733 (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 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	39.4% Below average	Read 72.4 Write 64.9 Mixed 64.1 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.26 59% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% 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	846x
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