MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	27.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 12:22
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3-$170 4,850 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 22.3 2-Core 51.4 16% 36.8 Pts	4-Core 27.7 8-Core 58.4 5% 43.1 Pts	64-Core 77.5 5% 77.5 Pts
Poor: 57% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.5% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 37.3 Parallax 44.3 24% 36.9 fps	MRender 52.5 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 36.7 35% 43.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17095 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1824 (B1) Unknown 86 86 158 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 58 49 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 91 91 9016 (EB) Unknown 99 99 238 (F1) Unknown 99 99 76683975430	56.4% Above average	Read 467 Write 308 Mixed 342 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 9.13 58% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 55.1 DQ Mixed 11.8 19% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94581368 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 497639 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13670 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 55834574886 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 133 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -106966160506267 (F1) Unknown 100 253 783747536 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4863088298	98.3% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 158 Mixed 175 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192995632 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26372064 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1252 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 45 724172843 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54117 (C2) HDA temperature 43 55 42949673003 (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 -21315922685955 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12772480356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90158092115	91.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 154 Mixed 143 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 95GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 178 5508 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16753 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3819 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 673 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82257 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	44.9% Average	Read 79.9 Write 76.4 Mixed 76.9 59% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.25 66% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 63%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 28GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 1835009 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 91 (03) Spinup time 138 138 21493973247 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3466 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10479 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10479 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 236223987753 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 11 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.5% Above average	Read 78.8 Write 101 Mixed 75.1 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	11.7% Very poor	MC Read 3 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 4.5 13% 4.47 GB/s	SC Read 1.9 SC Write 1.6 SC Mixed 3.2 6% 2.23 GB/s	Latency 531 8% 531 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 11.7% 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	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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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