MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 246 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 676 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.8 95% 111 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 413 431 422 427 422 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 429 Mixed 333 SusWrite 425 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.3 188% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 141 148 148 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 32 SusWrite 146 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 143 149 150 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 146 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 147 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 157 159 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 132 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 158 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 129 132 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 130 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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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%

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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 $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