MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 04:20
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MAC-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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)	78.4% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 374 51% 377 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69.4 63% 75.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73.7 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 333GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1014 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12888899627 (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 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 41 176094969887 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85900656660 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 444 (EA) Unknown 100 100 535 (F1) Unknown 253 253 494 (F2) Unknown 253 253 658 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 484 Write 326 Mixed 337 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 21.2 116% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 50.5 92% 184 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1028 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (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 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 358413531	103% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 408 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 25.4 149% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 102 134% 244 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31726384 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24263289 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1084 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 95044960289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11205 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (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 1589137900674 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9045170542 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8402819915	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 158 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% 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	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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