MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 23:14
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 631 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.6 82% 104 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 101 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19695 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 425 (B1) Unknown 94 94 127 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 191 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28531801178	117% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 416 Mixed 417 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 49.1 185% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 108 141% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ABA100V 1TB 5,116 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 923GB free Firmware: MU2OA720 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896043178 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 210454052896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78% Very good	Read 133 Write 139 Mixed 145 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3250824AS 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 382GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 90 2750 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3054 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17151 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 950 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2986 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 264 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 180389806106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3008 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 950 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 8379065	42.6% Average	Read 73.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 70.2 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%
Apple HDD ST750LM022 750GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 185GB free Firmware: 2AR20008 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3102 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2608 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12025 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 98 98 2605 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2672 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 283 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 722010137 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 278 (DF) Load/unload retry count 98 98 2605 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 14 14 875881 (FE) Unknown 100 100 296352744878	34.1% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 58.8 Mixed 56.1 44% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.5% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) - $125

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	26x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	17x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TBWDCBench 98%, 8,872 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7AFR8C-G7 8GBHynixBench 34%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $378

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 $178	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) $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