MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 463 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 359.6 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 108 96% 116 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.4 78% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 67GB free Firmware: JTRA Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 478 Mixed 502 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 47.4 174% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 171 163% 255 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 107%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRA Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 477 Mixed 499 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.4 167% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 198 177% 267 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 466GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 87.2 Mixed 86.8 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.42 115% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 217GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 151 Mixed 102 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-544.A00LF 2x4GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%

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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