MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 11:28
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 579 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 202 Parallax 200 151% 196 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SII240G 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 329GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 62 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9235 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2557 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7385 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209478166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5686	10.6% Very poor	Read 104 Write 95.2 Mixed 78.3 21% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.33 2% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 15%
Samsung HD103SJ 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2672 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 721 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14644339373	123% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 483 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 54.8 189% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 135 149% 252 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 157GB free Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38675087615 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 47 201864511515 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1189727961424 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2083 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2508 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2171 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9544 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 487 Write 366 Mixed 317 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 24.1 118% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 59 103% 203 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 69GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4414 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1288 (B1) Unknown 80 80 242 (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 76 60 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55536971812	55% Above average	Read 454 Write 47.5 Mixed 63.1 40% 188 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 10.3 86% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 28.7 70% 152 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.8% 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	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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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