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MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (96%). 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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '16 at 13:20
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$56 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 425 51% 393 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 320B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 39 37% 42.7 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 40 Splatting 34.9 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL 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 100 100 379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12891258951 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 406 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 64 274879152156 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85900263444 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 799 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1469 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1330 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1777 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 308 Mixed 227 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 12.8 107% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 10.7 22% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 108%
Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 7983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 606 (C2) HDA temperature 129 114 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 128 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.27 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%
Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 144GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 144 3150 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13217 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4483 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 153 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 89727 (C2) HDA temperature 123 95 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	30.4% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 52.1 Mixed 49.6 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.12 50% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 53%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 68GB free Firmware: AX0A5A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 455 (0A) Spinup retry count 112 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3036 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044380696 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 173 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 260 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	35.4% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 60.6 Mixed 55.4 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.16 52% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$22 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 61GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 724 (03) Spinup time 159 149 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3964 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 96 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21201 (C2) HDA temperature 118 83 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	26.7% Poor	Read 46.2 Write 46.4 Mixed 43.7 34% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,659 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	886x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	630x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	456x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	211x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	179x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	120x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	159x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	102x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	50x

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Total price: $783

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350