MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '21 at 18:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 583 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 8D93) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 108 Parallax 127 102% 120 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 112 Splatting 104 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 476 Mixed 328 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53 189% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 173 180% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1032 512GB 7,562 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 437GB free Firmware: 21111000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 422 426 427 424 426 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 680 Write 647 Mixed 643 SusWrite 456 136% 606 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.5 217% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 805 588% 764 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 232%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 287GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 149 149 148 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 51.2 Write 73.6 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 148 54% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 395% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-052.A00LF 2x8GB 2,479 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 17.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	144	23.8"	1280 720	MSI3BA4 MSI G241

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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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16