MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	141% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '24 at 23:34
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 379 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 3980) ≥ 4GB; MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12GB OC Ram: 12GB, Driver: 24.4.1 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 135 Parallax 305 116% 194 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 146 Splatting 201 159% 195 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$71 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 555 538 540 161 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 599 Write 601 Mixed 618 SusWrite 416 126% 558 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 59.8 192% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 634 DQ Mixed 920 630% 776 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 295%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 632GB free Firmware: JA0OA5M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 84 86 86 85 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 71.2 Write 75.6 Mixed 28 SusWrite 85.5 47% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	55	75	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5B34 MP59G

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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	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	619x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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