MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	95.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '20 at 21:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 591 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 117 Parallax 133 101% 125 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 118 Splatting 96.7 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB-$180 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 310 269 311 371 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 335 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 289 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 38.8 138% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 66.9 125% 248 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 82GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 79 79 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 93.3 Write 97.2 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 77.4 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 224GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 117 117 115 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 124 Write 94 Mixed 96 SusWrite 116 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 67%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 172GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 36.4 Write 36.7 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 41.6 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 64%

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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	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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16