MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7918
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 12 '19 at 04:07
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU0%
Watch Gameplay: 2060S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 95.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 205
81% 139 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 453
60% 453 Pts
64-Core 462
29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 128
Parallax 143
112% 136 fps
MRender 183
Gravity 120
Splatting 105
108% 136 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 109%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 6,703
Write 5696
Mixed 5675
1,342% 6,025 MB/s
4K Read 611
4K Write 339
4K Mixed 425
1,650% 458 MB/s
DQ Read 1,968
DQ Write 1,598
DQ Mixed 1,801
1,343% 1,789 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48
113GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 476 478 477 473 477 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 478
Mixed 451
SusWrite 476
108% 480 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 57.8
194% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 295
241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 127%
Great: 125%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
72.7% Very good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 23
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 24.2
64% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 55.1
73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,569 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $135

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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