MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '20 at 13:02
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 661 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 0577) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 117 Parallax 231 114% 162 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 158 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 160GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 426 419 418 424 423 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 415 Mixed 405 SusWrite 427 96% 423 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.7 166% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 289 236% 336 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 76 87 74 92 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 87.1 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 86.7 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 87%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 219GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 60.9 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 61.6 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-428.A00LF 2x8GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

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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	617x
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 $80Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16