MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 19:41
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	66%

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 Xeon E3-1231 v3-$35 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 167 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 466 49% 393 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1660 MHz, MLim: 1060 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 174 103% 130 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 133 Splatting 128 97% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 572 Write 514 Mixed 505 118% 530 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 64 218% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 662 DQ Mixed 890 619% 773 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 178GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 115 114 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 109 Write 136 Mixed 30 SusWrite 114 70% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 108%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 152 152 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 68 SusWrite 150 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 87%

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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	848x
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	206x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16