MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% 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	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 16:14
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 426 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1536 MHz, MLim: 1747 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.4 57% 68.2 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 56.6 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 74GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8933669 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 45552423149350 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1196 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 120 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 42 47247392795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 47247392795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8933669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8933669 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8933669 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6270 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7073 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7073 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16006	68.9% Good	Read 494 Write 183 Mixed 263 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 18.8 100% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 46.3 74% 141 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11018067 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -37434934941585 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1722 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 250 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 47247458332 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 47247458332 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11018067 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11018067 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11018067 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42910 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43705 (F1) Unknown 0 0 43705 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33852	45.9% Average	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 111 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 10.1 86% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 42.9 61% 112 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 433GB free Firmware: SD25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175556005 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 57 120335710357 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2345 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 73 4295098440 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 454754331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 42949672987 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 24 175556005 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 90 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 336GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6859250 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 389178940 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032978 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 488374301 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 18 6859250 (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 -31838592528024 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1871497961 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2832183467	60.2% Good	Read 101 Write 109 Mixed 94.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.53 115% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 70%
Maxtor 6L200S0 204GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 76GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 183 182 19778 (04) Start/Stop count 247 247 12921 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 234 35270 (09) Power-on hours count 149 149 10869 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 241 241 4950 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 253 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 3210 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 154 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 250 0	22.8% Poor	Read 42.9 Write 35.5 Mixed 38.2 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.64 4K Mixed 0.38 126% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1400, 1400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 55%

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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	846x
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 $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	98x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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