MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.1% 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	50.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9 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	Apr 27 '17 at 16:47
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 448 56% 427 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 57.5 48% 60.2 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 51.1 47% 58.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12564881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 26465588488848 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1820 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 284 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (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 12564881 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12564881 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12564881 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 45358 (EA) Unknown 0 0 45937 (F1) Unknown 0 0 45937 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35755	50.4% Above average	Read 189 Write 150 Mixed 119 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 13.5 94% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 40.2 60% 111 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4818451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -110767206555322 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1294 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 154 (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 4818451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4818451 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4818451 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6949 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7313 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7313 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17907	70.3% Very good	Read 511 Write 189 Mixed 262 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 17.8 108% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 50.3 67% 118 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 413GB free Firmware: SD25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24376777 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 57 124633586849 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2437 (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 471531547 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 42949672987 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 21 24376777 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 93.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.31 72% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 190GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116557745 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 391034729 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3504 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065811 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 488374300 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 18 116557745 (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 134011569607813 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3537326285 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4069062052	57.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.7 Mixed 96.2 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.51 112% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 70%
Maxtor 6L200S0 204GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 41GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 184 182 15643 (04) Start/Stop count 247 247 13008 (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 242 234 56175 (09) Power-on hours count 147 147 43307 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 241 241 5040 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 253 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 7257 (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 1 (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	23.8% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 41.9 Mixed 46.4 32% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.97 4K Mixed 0.45 149% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 32%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 876GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 42.4 Mixed 20.6 43% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 55%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,579 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	308x

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 $80Bench 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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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