MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 33.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	36% 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	30.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 17:59
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.1% Below average	Memory 43.7 1-Core 22.5 2-Core 41.6 24% 35.9 Pts	4-Core 121 8-Core 328 25% 225 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36% Below average	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 52 Parallax 57.2 30% 48.6 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 54 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 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 0 100 4474 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15565252268277 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 109 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 33 287762808868 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5490 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6214862636455 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5715 (EA) Unknown 100 100 20342 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11065 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12250 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	30.4% Below average	Read 461 Write 45.4 Mixed 144 46% 217 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 8.44 MB/s	DQ Read 72.9 DQ Write 33.8 DQ Mixed 2.8 16% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 71%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 6GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3579 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 5 (AA) Unknown 100 100 6 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458764 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188980068383 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 878 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1114 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6383 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 12 (F6) Unknown 100 100 43032	43.3% Average	Read 418 Write 239 Mixed 293 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 2.52 34% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 64.8 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 5.72 18% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25789989140 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 421 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684970016 (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	99.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 175 Mixed 162 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 6.5 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 186 22% 186 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) - $125

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	26x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	17x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TBWDCBench 98%, 8,872 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7AFR8C-G7 8GBHynixBench 34%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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