MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 11:42
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 565 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8690) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 113 Parallax 107 94% 112 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 79.2 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 291 292 263 158 124 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 484 Mixed 401 SusWrite 253 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54 172% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 153 154 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 149 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 154 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 109%
WL2000GSA6472B 2TB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 150 150 149 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 141 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 150 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX 32GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,586 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	852x
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 $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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