MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.2% 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	142% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 15:34
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 450 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3036) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 44.7 30% 38.2 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 38.7 28% 33 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 776 Write 597 Mixed 707 154% 694 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.8 190% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 181 184% 305 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 247%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 490GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5397 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 32 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 132 Mixed 130 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 100GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 91 34088249 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 42 478115259 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6319 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5065 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 623050789 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 48 220390918 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 249 4	41.1% Average	Read 76.4 Write 66.6 Mixed 59.6 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.5 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 60%

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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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	617x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	309x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
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 $79Bench 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	99x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	48x

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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16