MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 20:25
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 372 51% 377 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 60.1 Parallax 83.6 58% 71.7 fps	MRender 59.7 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 76.3 54% 64.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (A2) Unknown 100 100 410 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080388 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4532 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4773	80.4% Excellent	Read 507 Write 318 Mixed 404 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 12.2 96% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 12.6 88% 203 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2291 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2244 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.8% Very good	Read 156 Write 119 Mixed 110 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 66%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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