MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79.6%, 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 06:28
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 574 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 172 Parallax 162 146% 171 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 160 Splatting 113 124% 158 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer 240MG100-B1 240GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 395 Mixed 332 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 52.3 173% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 193 177% 270 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 109%
Transcend TS1TMTE220S 1TB 3,368 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 217GB free Firmware: 42A0S63A SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 615 611 614 613 603 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 698 Write 626 Mixed 103 SusWrite 604 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 77.4 258% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 578 447% 617 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 359%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 5GB free Firmware: CC27 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 77 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,573 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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