MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '21 at 08:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 202 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 394 54% 399 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.7 53% 66.4 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 55.1 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 77 89 77 74 67 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.1% Good	Read 223 Write 124 Mixed 183 SusWrite 74.5 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.3 141% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 93.7 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 77.9 67% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 411GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 166 Mixed 103 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 20GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,589 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	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	618x
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	176x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16