MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	30% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 01:08
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 606 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 198 Parallax 189 138% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4229 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1696 (A5) Unknown 100 100 895616 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 228 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 31 171798954015 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 760 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 583 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14565215282 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22220329460	30% Poor	Read 369 Write 205 Mixed 206 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 3.92 4K Write 5.91 4K Mixed 0.66 10% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 56%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$26 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 102GB free Firmware: 0011LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 123559174 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 251186382 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -83777632065344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5271 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 362 (BC) Unknown 100 98 485 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 252 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105379 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 40 123559174 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 -51827370353539 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	24.2% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 39 Mixed 58.1 36% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.25 57% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,601 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	858x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	621x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	442x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	178x

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	61x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	154x
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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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