MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	113% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 17:18
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 472 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% ASRock(1849 1001) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 153 79% 112 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 102 Splatting 122 87% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 190 190 189 189 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 485 Mixed 388 SusWrite 215 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.8 204% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 229GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 467 460 470 471 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 485 Mixed 398 SusWrite 455 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.1 205% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 104GB free Firmware: 605ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 100 110 104 104 105 MB/s Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.5% Very good	Read 266 Write 150 Mixed 187 SusWrite 104 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44.6 160% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 115 92% 128 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 769GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 143 141 143 143 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 157 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 142 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	845x
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 $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	98x
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 $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