MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 370 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 4069) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 42.1 27% 36.2 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 29.5 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 146GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 154 181 150 98 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 328 Write 140 Mixed 216 SusWrite 141 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 35.1 132% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 106 115% 200 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 116%
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 130 138 138 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 146 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 135 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 130 130 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 116 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 130 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA72303 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 144 144 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 145 Write 145 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 144 171% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 92 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $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