MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	168% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	15.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 16:10
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 643 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 173 Parallax 178 152% 179 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 160 Splatting 115 125% 158 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 474GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 507 523 551 556 559 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 663 Write 561 Mixed 584 SusWrite 523 131% 583 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 79.1 250% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 613 DQ Mixed 932 632% 770 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 144 117 44 35 34 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 448 Mixed 294 SusWrite 103 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.5 180% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 178 182% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 139GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 301 324 360 364 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 473 Mixed 434 SusWrite 327 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.7 221% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 122 132 130 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 128 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 117 116 116 117 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 88.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 117 67% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.7 329% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 DDR3-1750 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 1319 CL9-9-9 DDR3-1750 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,585 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	851x
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 $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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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