MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 09:48
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 681 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 125 Parallax 123 100% 124 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 92.3 80% 98.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th 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 0 (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 100 100 25620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2058 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 180 180 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 330 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 227634380831 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 505 Write 461 Mixed 493 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 21.4 110% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 20.7 59% 116 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 38GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10482 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1219 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 146 (A9) Unknown 100 100 929 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 43 184684838944 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 269 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18312 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12309 (F2) Unknown 253 253 40066 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 465 Mixed 449 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.2 144% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 65.3 116% 229 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free Firmware: GGB8 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 225485281 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 17212650649 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 723124253 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 877 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 16 225485281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.5% Average	Read 62.4 Write 106 Mixed 75.7 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.49 113% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 74%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 23GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 4933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5557 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5563 (C2) HDA temperature 116 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.3% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 69.2 Mixed 69 52% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 58%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 22GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 152 1333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2584 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 431 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2811 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (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	88% Excellent	Read 148 Write 158 Mixed 131 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.41 162% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 12GB free Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 640 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 413367162 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3591673260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 588775453 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 22 640 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 98 Write 91.3 Mixed 75.2 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.34 75% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 20.6 Mixed 23.7 32% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.74 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.54 110% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 77%

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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 $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