MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Boot Drive	46.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140922
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 00:29
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 628 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 124 Parallax 126 103% 126 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 121 Splatting 98.7 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 66 59 55 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 420 Write 72.3 Mixed 107 SusWrite 55.5 35% 164 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 10.1 78% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 65.9 DQ Mixed 13.4 32% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 84%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 63GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 432 391 373 354 335 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 638 Write 543 Mixed 480 SusWrite 408 116% 517 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 52.6 213% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 750 548% 715 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 254%
WD WD5000KS-00MNB0 500GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 133GB free Firmware: 07.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 52 50 55 51 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 58 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 52.4 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 167 167 165 171 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 150 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 166 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 213% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 1315 BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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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	843x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	306x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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