MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.1% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '24 at 20:05
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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 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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 505 57% 445 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1484) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	9.9% Terrible	Lighting 13.1 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 12.7 11% 12.7 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 9.3 8% 10.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.9% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.28.20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 202 208 206 208 212 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 352 Write 257 Mixed 265 SusWrite 207 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 33.9 124% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 144 137% 216 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 200 200 198 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 155 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 196 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30.2 Write 13.7 Mixed 7.7 18% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 14.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 85%

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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%	22	178	55	60	23.8"	1280 720	LEN61AE P24h-10

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16