MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 21:25
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 696 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 2800) 3GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1457 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 37.1 Parallax 64.2 42% 50.9 fps	MRender 35 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 46 36% 42.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8304 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 144 (B1) Unknown 99 99 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 31 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8580174743	117% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 498 Mixed 513 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40 165% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 26.4 106% 235 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 860GB free Firmware: DEMG Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160304944 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4393580024 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 2525979607070 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 136100 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 90194313246 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13129715019344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10807220281 (F2) Unknown 100 253 758677761748 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 18% Great: 64%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 860GB free Firmware: DEM9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223210992 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 165705981 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 521928733 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33510 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -57569741624536 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11385265770 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1571764646685 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 18% Great: 64%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 464GB free Firmware: DEMN Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 72 203863160 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46802392 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16017 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 40 3543954161697 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74126 (C2) HDA temperature 33 60 94489280545 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23871428225605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10851996513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 644103160019 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	98.7% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 186 Mixed 161 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 64%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 464GB free Firmware: DEM9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 92 143304080 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 295436477 (09) Power-on hours count 98 97 2040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 316 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 606076960 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5138 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 85899345952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 122260539068649 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34628951514 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1675057053556 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 164 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.19 96% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AG38G2130U2S 2x8GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 27.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

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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	846x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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