MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 22:15
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 243 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 656 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.4 86% 100 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 92.6 75% 91.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8488222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 11527692229419 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1203 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 416 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 51542360093 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 51542360093 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8488222 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8488222 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8488222 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19824 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12328 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12328 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12499 (F4) Unknown 95 95 196739236	45.2% Average	Read 217 Write 104 Mixed 156 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 11.5 90% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 86.5 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23.4 39% 74.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 221 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 504561691 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3935 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 27 (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	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.9 Mixed 99.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 316GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 2625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1468 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1104 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.5% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 136 Mixed 142 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.2 106% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 142GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3513 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3418 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4136 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 210454380571 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 117 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3446	33% Below average	Read 77.1 Write 37.7 Mixed 59.9 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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) $35	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