MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 01:40
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 205 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 557 55% 452 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% XFX(1682 9C30) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 136 76% 105 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 122 85% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 235GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 125GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 264 222 215 153 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 469 Mixed 390 SusWrite 234 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55.2 185% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 350 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 34 20 56 19 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 102 Write 68.5 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 24.4 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 112%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 15.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 71%

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Typical Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 93 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) - $125

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	27x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	17x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TBWDCBench 98%, 8,872 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7AFR8C-G7 8GBHynixBench 34%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383