MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	133% 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	86.2% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	10.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '21 at 15:24
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 47.7 2-Core 202 63% 113 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 553 41% 369 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	133% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 175 Parallax 183 147% 179 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 160 Splatting 132 131% 165 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 481 472 494 501 500 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 556 Write 514 Mixed 423 SusWrite 471 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 20.7 62% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 278 224% 328 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 145 136 119 84 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 368 Write 353 Mixed 301 SusWrite 134 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 45.2 143% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 123 122% 203 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 95GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 312 317 334 342 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 367 Write 364 Mixed 320 SusWrite 313 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 17 76% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 300 205% 259 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 108 108 109 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 69.6 Write 70.9 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 105 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 278GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 51 53 57 70 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 99.3 Write 65.1 Mixed 46 SusWrite 55.5 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 DDR3-1750 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 1319 CL9-9-9 DDR3-1750 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 51%

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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	7	5	60	27"	1280 720	DELD066 DELL U2715H

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,570 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	844x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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