MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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 Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '16 at 15:35
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 701 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 94% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8620960115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -83056077567094 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 238 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 40 77312032800 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77312032800 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 107 107 8620960115 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 107 107 8620960115 (CC) Soft ECC correction 107 107 8620960115 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6309 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4531 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4531 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3296 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3342380	63.6% Good	Read 502 Write 115 Mixed 162 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 12.9 120% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 24.2 26% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 25 (03) Spinup time 141 136 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4616 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4249 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (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 32161 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	78.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 138 Mixed 29.7 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.53 165% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,570 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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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