MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.2% 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	87.7% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '16 at 11:06
Run Duration	370 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 212 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 575 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 41.4 27% 35.5 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 37.1 27% 32.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6834 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 464 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 143 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8968083279	87.7% Excellent	Read 493 Write 348 Mixed 249 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 19 130% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 43.2 78% 156 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 836GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 23934208 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1107855 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 437256215 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10793 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 34359738391 (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 -127165391699082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 452431150 (F2) Unknown 100 253 612042763	98.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 163 Mixed 129 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.21 95% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 2.99 Mixed 8.06 11% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.09 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 1.56 92% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-053.A00LF 2x8GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% 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	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	617x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	309x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	99x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	48x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16