MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.5% 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	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 13:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 708 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2189 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 129 Parallax 122 99% 124 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 110 Splatting 112 91% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7249953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -54537494721187 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1054 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 405 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 40 77312032798 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77312032798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7249953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7249953 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7249953 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7836 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5925 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5925 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5096 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4128827	65.7% Good	Read 426 Write 125 Mixed 170 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 17.9 128% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 92.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 29.6 41% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 75%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 304GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 25 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5017 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4443 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 532 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4484 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 35 (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 32161 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 112 Mixed 82.6 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.48 136% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.9% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 46%

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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	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	617x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	309x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	99x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16