MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.3% 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	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	29.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 09:08
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 356 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 116 111% 105 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 98.7 72% 86.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 53 43 43 38 39 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.7% Average	Read 152 Write 113 Mixed 124 SusWrite 50.2 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 28.3 105% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 109 83% 112 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 83%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 151GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 182 189 168 181 175 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 328 Write 257 Mixed 271 SusWrite 183 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 34.8 133% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 232 180% 247 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 331GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 160 160 160 163 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 128 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 160 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 663GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 62 61 61 60 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 82.5 Write 44.8 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 61.3 43% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 12.1 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 53%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,572 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	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