MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	108% 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 16:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 679 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 210 Parallax 213 150% 202 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 192 Splatting 126 121% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5161 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 777 (B1) Unknown 96 96 80 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 48 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32948393574	108% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 376 Mixed 416 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 46.7 170% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 110 133% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 725GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 165 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1529 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130502 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 108 Mixed 122 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 84%
Inateck ASM1153E 1TB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 104 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GB 7,464 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% 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 2,583 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	850x
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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16