MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 11:31
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 323 50% 360 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 61.2 54% 64.6 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 54.1 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5201 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1130 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 40 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30374410157	97.3% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 392 Mixed 409 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 23.8 138% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 22.5 92% 207 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 109GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8901 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2270 (B1) Unknown 93 93 65 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 836748359	64.9% Good	Read 485 Write 128 Mixed 173 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 9.21 99% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 25.5 71% 157 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 908GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 4500 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6238 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2894 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6142 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.2% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 118 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.49 117% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 74%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,580 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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	617x
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	206x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16