MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive110% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7918
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 29 '21 at 21:00
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 136
2-Core 247
91% 159 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 707
70% 569 Pts
64-Core 696
43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (99 fps cap detected)
79.4% Very good
Lighting 97.7
Reflection 98
Parallax 99.4
80% 98.4 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 99.6
Splatting 94.2
79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 247 248 235 240 254 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 474
Mixed 379
SusWrite 265
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 42.7
4K Write 98.1
4K Mixed 54.7
187% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 235
212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 110%
Great: 118%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199
105GB free
Firmware: 2.25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 132 130 132 132 131 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
66% Good
Read 127
Write 212
Mixed 171
SusWrite 134
37% 161 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 37.2
145% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 93
96% 157 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 66%
Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
685GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 89 89 89 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
77% Very good
Read 179
Write 158
Mixed 87.4
SusWrite 88.4
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
MC Read 30
MC Write 32
MC Mixed 26
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 25.2
66% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,574 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $135

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783
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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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