MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.3% 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	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (93^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 411 52% 396 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 37.8 27% 33.7 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 40 Splatting 33.6 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5766 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1348 (A5) Unknown 100 100 371460 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 94 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 38 240518496294 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1264 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14726050521 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12047226504	31.3% Below average	Read 300 Write 136 Mixed 196 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 8.87 4K Mixed 5.94 34% 9.68 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 7.05 10% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 198GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239471544 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33294777 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1372 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 504692765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59374 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 55834574877 (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 -35412005352217 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7867637045 (F2) Unknown 100 253 376208673326	91% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 151 Mixed 135 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 64%

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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 $160Bench 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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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 $46

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