MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	154% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 16:00
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 622 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 114 89% 113 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.2 78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 627 626 621 615 617 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 598 Write 536 Mixed 549 SusWrite 619 130% 575 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58.4 190% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 718 DQ Mixed 859 612% 779 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 284%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 260GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 333 335 324 324 331 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 390 Mixed 392 SusWrite 323 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.5 177% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 291 237% 338 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 90GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 148 147 170 171 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 358 Write 168 Mixed 219 SusWrite 160 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 40.8 146% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 56.8 80% 147 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 194GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 72 73 73 80 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 367 Write 221 Mixed 120 SusWrite 86.3 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 30 115% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 52.4 74% 142 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 26GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 11 11 13 12 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 151 Write 11.2 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 10.1 37% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 39% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x8GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 70%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,570 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $52

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