MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 05:43
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 205 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 409 51% 386 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Palit(1569 1184) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 39 Parallax 51.4 35% 44.5 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 36.5 37% 46.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13277 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 383 (B1) Unknown 96 96 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 45 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16566109251	99% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 399 Mixed 410 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 32.6 139% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 22.3 90% 202 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 115%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 621GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9246 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2258 (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 25007 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1817 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 54 197569347621 (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 62 1 20598 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2292	73.7% Very good	Read 115 Write 142 Mixed 128 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.66 148% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7360 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9840 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7279 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2064 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 62227 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 66510 (BC) Unknown 100 100 80 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C2) HDA temperature 142 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 62227 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 262	46.7% Average	Read 78.4 Write 84 Mixed 80.5 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown VS2GB1333D4 0215 VS2GB1333D4 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 12GB 1200, 1200, 1400, 1400 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.4% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 12 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns

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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