MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	79.3% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 18 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '22 at 22:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 640 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 883E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 176 Parallax 167 150% 176 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 117% 147 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 191 196 202 186 188 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 377 Write 255 Mixed 272 SusWrite 189 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 37.9 130% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 244 190% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 94%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 94GB free Firmware: 42AZS6AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 256 261 261 254 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 642 Write 580 Mixed 114 SusWrite 275 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 75.1 260% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 503 DQ Mixed 482 401% 584 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 277%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%

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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	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