MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 17:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 665 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 61.3 56% 66.2 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 54.5 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram CX100 240GB 483 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 107GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4179 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2030 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 604 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327694 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1322	94.7% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 402 Mixed 450 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 13.1 124% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 57.5 118% 237 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 93%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 12 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 156 Mixed 154 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.01 4K Mixed 0.29 126% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 100%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 56611138 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2725 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7178920 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -11716670781445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1170 (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 69 55 555221023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1037 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9855 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 77309411359 (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 87827786236603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3063111642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1124609193	93.1% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 167 Mixed 145 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 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 5 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3494 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 310 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62156 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 121 Mixed 126 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 443GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 74.9 Write 76.2 Mixed 66.1 93% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 72%

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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	844x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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