MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	125% 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	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '19 at 23:22
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 203 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 403 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 382 381 318 341 331 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 893 Write 560 Mixed 736 SusWrite 338 141% 632 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.2 170% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 467 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 291 229% 324 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 242%
Toshiba THNSNK512GCS8 SATA 512GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 377GB free Firmware: K8DC4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 131 132 142 154 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 379 Write 353 Mixed 217 SusWrite 145 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 32.1 122% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 175 172% 274 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 89%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 402GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 134 134 144 129 127 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 462 Write 442 Mixed 364 SusWrite 138 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 39.7 131% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 194 186% 292 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 232GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 323 322 336 306 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 599 Write 574 Mixed 549 SusWrite 328 115% 512 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 65.1 202% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 947 650% 802 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 280%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 119GB free Firmware: JURA SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 31 31 31 32 32 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.8% Below average	Read 87.7 Write 52 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 31.6 13% 59 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 25 79% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 39.9 DQ Mixed 30.2 24% 32.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 104%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 369GB free Firmware: SAFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 31 31 31 32 32 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.7% Below average	Read 91.7 Write 52.3 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 31.8 13% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 22.4 80% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 38.9 DQ Mixed 28 22% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$32 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 620GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 104 104 109 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 108 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$32 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 730GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 105 108 110 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 94 Write 87.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 109 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 74%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.7 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 104 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 D3ES12081XH12AA KHX2400C11D3/8GX 28GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2400, 1600, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 54%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,587 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	852x
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	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

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	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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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