MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 20:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 445 50% 390 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 104 Parallax 135 92% 117 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 102% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 381 396 404 408 400 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 409 Mixed 395 SusWrite 392 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 51 158% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 254 204% 287 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 119GB free Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 176 179 179 180 178 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 415 Write 170 Mixed 171 SusWrite 177 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 13.8 81% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 78.5 92% 159 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 180 177 179 183 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 186 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 179 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	845x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	307x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	440x
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 $109Bench 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	98x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16