MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	143% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 02:31
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 718 78% 617 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 113% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 526 327 326 325 326 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 738 Write 618 Mixed 444 SusWrite 359 121% 540 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 51.9 195% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 722 538% 716 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 111GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 392 335 307 295 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 358 SusWrite 325 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 53.1 190% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 249 213% 315 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 599GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 311 240 85 47 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 460 Write 374 Mixed 306 SusWrite 174 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 15.4 67% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 29.7 42% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 422GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 101 101 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 105 SusWrite 99.2 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 26.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 79%

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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	846x
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