MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.2% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 10:45
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-4790-$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 (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 595 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 115% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 147495688 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 104204496557098 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3094 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 691 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 47 60132622367 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 60132622367 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 147495688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 147495688 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 147495688 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 44186 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29635 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29635 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26390	76.2% Very good	Read 488 Write 240 Mixed 320 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 14.1 118% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 70.8 86% 151 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 94%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 194 538 (03) Spinup time 181 171 7950 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5580 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1890 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 120 120 242286 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	63.1% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 95% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 87%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 102GB free Firmware: FH100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 8 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 19182 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 53513 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7541 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 299709 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 458752 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 142 76 906493984 (C2) HDA temperature 139 73 923271201 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 299709 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 34 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	38.4% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 79.2 Mixed 54.7 47% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 86%

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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 $46

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