MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	43.9% 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	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 16:15
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 663 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 121% 143 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 234GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68756570629 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 850 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 65 279173529632 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1301392785711 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8605 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10608 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9330 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7302 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.7% Excellent	Read 500 Write 270 Mixed 207 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 18.3 113% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 36.2 92% 198 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 107%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1775 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1199493 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 309 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 43 219044053035 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1030 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1281 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36596181552 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28155403620	43.9% Average	Read 443 Write 225 Mixed 308 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 6.77 39% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 13.9 DQ Mixed 5.08 9% 17.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 174 Mixed 167 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 75 Write 9.32 Mixed 13.7 29% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.21 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.08 39% 3.12 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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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