MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.7% 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	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 21:41
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 548 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 55.4 37% 47.2 fps	MRender 56.3 Gravity 52.8 Splatting 39 39% 49.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1276 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1362 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 33 (A3) Unknown 100 100 295 (94) Unknown 100 100 306301 (95) Unknown 100 100 4334 (96) Unknown 100 100 4198 (97) Unknown 100 100 4314 (A4) Unknown 100 100 90618 (A5) Unknown 100 100 125 (A6) Unknown 100 100 27 (A7) Unknown 100 100 70 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36426173448217 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 422274 (F2) Unknown 100 100 539071 (F5) Unknown 100 100 535212 (F6) Unknown 100 100 612602 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.3% Very good	Read 479 Write 248 Mixed 265 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 21.1 102% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 23 70% 152 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 91%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 21GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 3798964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -115989886777875 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3638 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 244 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3798964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3798964 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3798964 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6045 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4573 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4573 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10044	61.9% Good	Read 457 Write 84.3 Mixed 129 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 17.8 119% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 27.6 39% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST4000VN0001-1SF178 4TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2.5TB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 139432744 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 760 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51117094 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6506 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 6 139432744 (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 -60589103642605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19781871126 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20244225957	117% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 178 Mixed 170 144% 193 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.28 135% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87968712 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77798186 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3460 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 4765974556 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 116162 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (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 -31220117265337 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8497526794681 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59222353418075	91.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 143 Mixed 127 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-15000CL9-2GBRH 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-15000CL9-2GBRH 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 51%

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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	845x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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