MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	146% 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	12.9 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 02:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 716 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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 below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 110% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% 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: 523 326 328 329 325 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 737 Write 623 Mixed 483 SusWrite 360 123% 551 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.1 204% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 638 498% 687 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 111GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 384 341 307 299 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 481 Mixed 352 SusWrite 323 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.7 189% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 250 213% 313 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: 276 307 230 103 45 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 459 Write 379 Mixed 302 SusWrite 177 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 15.7 65% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 29.7 43% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 422GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 128 129 129 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 147 Write 84 Mixed 119 SusWrite 127 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.7% 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)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

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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 $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 $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