MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 07:31
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 429 52% 397 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 328D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 75 Parallax 66 62% 72.3 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.1 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,380 Write 3,946 Mixed 4,317 1,010% 4,547 MB/s	4K Read 467 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 214 1,076% 286 MB/s	DQ Read 1,163 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 1,041 797% 1,081 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 87GB free Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 649 646 661 656 650 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 614 Write 608 Mixed 619 SusWrite 653 141% 624 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.1 180% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 721 DQ Mixed 953 659% 816 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 335%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 96 94 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 93 Write 90 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 95.2 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 85%
Seagate GoFlex Mac 1.5TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 428GB free, PID 6021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 26.3 Write 35.7 Mixed 15 SusWrite 39.1 40% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G9P1 Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G9P1 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 52%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,572 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	845x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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