MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.1% 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	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 18:55
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 656 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 188 428 118 26 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 388 Write 250 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 134 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 10.3 62% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 16.2 15% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 102%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 118GB free Firmware: GM4OA57A SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 52 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 77.4 Write 67.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 53.5 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 80 80 76 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 77.1 Write 59.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 78.8 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 112%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 468GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 4.7 8.3 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 11 Write 4.3 Mixed 8 SusWrite 42.2 12% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 50%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 149GB free Firmware: 3.ALB SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 41 41 40 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 36.8 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 38.9 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 69: 8R 6G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
69%	23%	110	350	290	144	24"	1920 1080	ACR02F9 GN246HL

History: Score 45: 4R 5G 10B | Score 20: 2R 2G 4B | Score 69: 8R 6G 11B

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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	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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16