MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	107% 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	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

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '20 at 00:07
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$40 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 (99^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 569 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 153 Parallax 139 108% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 315 316 316 316 316 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 428 Mixed 421 SusWrite 324 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 52.5 169% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 292 295 295 296 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 441 Mixed 390 SusWrite 303 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 53.7 179% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 484GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 107 112 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 127 Write 152 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 112 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 90%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 337GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 60 62 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 50.4 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 61 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 498GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 126 121 125 123 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 85 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 121 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 125 127 128 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 61.7 Write 109 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 128 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 27.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

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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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
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 $75Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16