MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.9% 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 Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). 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	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '16 at 04:42
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 174 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 524 51% 420 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 89% 110 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 98.6 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1392 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 255 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 188 188 42968350867 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 171800199203 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	47.8% Average	Read 442 Write 113 Mixed 105 47% 220 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 9.39 80% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 6.67 DQ Write 7.18 DQ Mixed 18.6 11% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1971 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 443 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61070 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 3872 (F1) Unknown 200 200 22392733970 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18497501729 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	34.6% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 57.9 Mixed 59.8 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 83%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	851x
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	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16