MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 12:31
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	MAC-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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)	76.7% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 369 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2214 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 83 Parallax 72.5 66% 79 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 74.4 62% 76 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 227GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1242 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12889751605 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (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 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 41 176094904352 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107376803880 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 616 (EA) Unknown 100 100 752 (F1) Unknown 253 253 695 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1055 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 479 Write 324 Mixed 326 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 17.2 91% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 27.9 81% 177 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.9% 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 below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1259 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 153 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 381686668	89.9% Excellent	Read 495 Write 403 Mixed 415 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 39.5 126% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 103 87% 121 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187969168 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33609864 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3372 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1110 (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 70 60 95010553886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11231 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (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 100493644793193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10382389334 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9607333060	87.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 156 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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	60.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.1% 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	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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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