MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 01:04
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	MAC-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 379 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 68 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 73.4 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 338GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12888178722 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 39 167505035291 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68720787476 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 292 (EA) Unknown 100 100 352 (F1) Unknown 253 253 325 (F2) Unknown 253 253 538 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.9% Very good	Read 491 Write 171 Mixed 190 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 11.4 105% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 48.5 97% 198 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 771 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 87 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 257019172	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 401 Mixed 417 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 41.9 171% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 118 144% 255 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 634GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 95.3 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195267472 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16667972 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1044 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 94960287772 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11154 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -6605659700351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7255526464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7090999520	99.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 184 Mixed 167 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 Kingston 99P5471-036.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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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	845x
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 $45	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