MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 18:17
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 523 57% 451 Pts	64-Core 526 32% 526 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 90% 111 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 124 136 97 111 63 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64% Good	Read 224 Write 174 Mixed 178 SusWrite 106 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 35.4 134% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 168 126% 165 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 176 175 176 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 118 Write 128 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 176 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 360GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 161 159 163 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 142 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 161 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 61%

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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