MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 07:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 110 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 400 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 4069) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 46.4 27% 38 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 29.4 29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 150GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8620 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1222 (B1) Unknown 97 97 87 (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 78 52 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9106875053	65.2% Good	Read 469 Write 104 Mixed 145 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 17.3 103% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 53.1 84% 166 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 116%
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494104359 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6208 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6636 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 206159413271 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 169 Write 140 Mixed 146 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157532972 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17995 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 212302314 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 84 84 17323 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 55 353435669 (C2) HDA temperature 21 45 55834574869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 21 157532972 (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 36636071081726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1809821620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1669545589	69.2% Good	Read 126 Write 115 Mixed 106 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.58 130% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA72303 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 141 Write 142 Mixed 96.2 159% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.43 89% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) - $125

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	26x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	17x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TBWDCBench 98%, 8,872 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7AFR8C-G7 8GBHynixBench 34%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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