MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	126% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '19 at 20:00
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3-$104 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 375 52% 382 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.1 85% 103 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 96.7 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 297 298 297 298 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 539 Write 563 Mixed 545 SusWrite 295 109% 485 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 55.6 171% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 713 DQ Write 746 DQ Mixed 718 543% 725 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 223%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 23GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 67 83 70 79 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	52% Above average	Read 310 Write 166 Mixed 210 SusWrite 78.5 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 13.1 93% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 28.2 63% 129 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 78%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 8.1 13 13 8.4 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	7.88% Terrible	Read 29.5 Write 7.3 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 9.9 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.88% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU7AFR8A-H9 2x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 52%

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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	844x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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