MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 14:00
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 617 65% 518 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3625 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 152 Parallax 152 128% 154 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 127 Splatting 119 116% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 77 83 68 88 81 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 203 Write 97.7 Mixed 141 SusWrite 77.4 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 27.8 123% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 87.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 99.8 77% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 444 456 469 409 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 480 Mixed 317 SusWrite 444 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.4 153% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 68.4 131% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 110GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 278 278 278 277 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 462 Mixed 407 SusWrite 294 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 58.3 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 232 211% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 724GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 154 158 163 160 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 154 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 160 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1600, 1600, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 78%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,587 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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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