MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% 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	49.9% 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 (79%). 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	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 18:33
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 415 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3081) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 181 Parallax 200 148% 188 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 160 Splatting 131 131% 165 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 87 159 40 168 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 440 Write 428 Mixed 106 SusWrite 129 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 10.4 33% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 202 184% 281 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 97%
WDC WDS100T2G0A-00JH30 1TB 17,953 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 779GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 328 408 420 387 403 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 414 Mixed 289 SusWrite 361 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 43.6 146% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 176 177% 285 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 361GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 325 403 413 386 399 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 418 Mixed 250 SusWrite 358 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 35.4 129% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 285 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 117%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 498GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 120 120 121 119 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 119 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0118 4GBH2X02E99927-16 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0118 4GBH2X02E99927-16 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,583 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	850x
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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16