MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.3% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 04:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 521 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67.7 58% 72 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 61.9 56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 86GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 711 Write 534 Mixed 559 134% 601 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.8 189% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 185 179% 276 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38368 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1549 (B1) Unknown 93 93 83 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 47 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 617 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24188937493
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 541GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897747136 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1186 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2625 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159085600 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	75.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 141 Mixed 124 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2000, 1600, 2000, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

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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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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