MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.5% 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)
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '16 at 02:02
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 97.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 243 32% 243 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 2800) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 34 Parallax 62.6 38% 47.9 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 42 33% 39.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12624 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 604 (B1) Unknown 92 92 153 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 262 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28602718428
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 144 1358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 965 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 713 (BF) G-sense error rate 75 75 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15159 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 344 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5310308868 (F2) Unknown 200 200 3140638250 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	56.4% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 100 Mixed 96 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%
SanDisk USB Flash Drive 16GB 446 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 557e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 4.16 Mixed 7.58 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.15 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 1.13 90% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AG38G2130U2S 2x8GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 29.4 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.7 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	846x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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