MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.8% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 514 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 60.1 50% 62.2 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 59 Splatting 53 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2723 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 370 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 45 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14221377281	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 402 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27.9 159% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 109 124% 209 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 82GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 36530088 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 62835371547974 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 85 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 48 77312557090 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 77312557090 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 36530088 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 36530088 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 36530088 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18162 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14790 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14790 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11009	78.3% Very good	Read 512 Write 193 Mixed 240 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 22.2 127% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 51.6 80% 150 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 204GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2068 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3110 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 99 99 8 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 44139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 99 2068 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2068 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 487653403 (C2) HDA temperature 73 63 504430619 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8362690 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 93 93 110	57.7% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 102 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1058 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 979 (C2) HDA temperature 109 96 34 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 170 Mixed 150 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 28 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 27.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 91%

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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	844x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	306x

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