MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 19:17
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 389 50% 380 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.2% Below average	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 97.5 Parallax 210 0% 102 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 108 Splatting 134 94% 113 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 27 30 4.3 14 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 400 Write 42.2 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 20.8 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 13.8 56% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 690GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 107 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 203 Write 159 Mixed 100 SusWrite 107 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x4GB 3,982 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 64%

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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 $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 $37
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