MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 12:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 560 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 73.9 48% 66 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 51.5 46% 56.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4600 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1924 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 114 (A9) Unknown 100 100 387 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 151 648540979233 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 276 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9271 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4805 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10330 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 438 Mixed 443 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25.7 139% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 64.2 117% 233 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 365GB free Firmware: HP74 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 17752 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 117377806 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1962 (B4) Unknown 100 100 285138198 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 555548705 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 32 17752 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 118 Write 99.5 Mixed 99.7 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB-$32 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 70GB free Firmware: 00000012 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 81437 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 32374784 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 7090 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 8242047549521 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2133 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 8929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6573 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 89804 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928889375 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 89 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 454361169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 91 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 79 79 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5524 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 429532775070 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	20.6% Poor	Read 34 Write 37.6 Mixed 33.7 26% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 71%

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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	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 $134	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