MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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	0.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140520
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '22 at 07:28
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 595 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11% Very poor	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 39 1% 23.7 fps	MRender 42.4 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 33.3 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 143 141 164 153 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 360 Write 155 Mixed 244 SusWrite 147 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 27.7 88% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 122 116% 188 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 654GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 651 633 650 658 596 649 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 656 Mixed 684 SusWrite 639 151% 667 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 58.8 205% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 825 595% 767 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 276%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 782GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 174 173 166 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 133 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 172 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%

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

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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