MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 02:28
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 472 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 87% 112 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 99 Splatting 101 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 79GB free Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1711 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 872 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1966086 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 186 186 90216792273 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C2) HDA temperature 66 66 171800526882 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	73% Very good	Read 478 Write 125 Mixed 194 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 22.8 133% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 19.8 54% 117 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 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 168040363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 41738492196675 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4063 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2462 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 52 68722884642 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 68722884642 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 168040363 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 168040363 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 168040363 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16807 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9703 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9703 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11431	58.4% Above average	Read 448 Write 103 Mixed 140 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 12 106% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 65.7 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 24.9 38% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 73%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 233GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 61 (03) Spinup time 238 182 3058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1723 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1351 (BE) vendor-specific 56 16 44 (C2) HDA temperature 106 66 44 (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	33% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 58.5 Mixed 56.9 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 35%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 233GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 129 127 4533 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9583 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8189 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 96 5 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065669 (BE) vendor-specific 63 34 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9583 (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	49% Average	Read 88.1 Write 82.4 Mixed 74.7 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.45 112% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 67%

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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	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