MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840x2160x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 11:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 696 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD103UJ 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 56GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1418 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 384 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2255583534	135% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 500 Mixed 510 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 59.8 221% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 139 165% 286 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1822 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 551 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11165991965	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 407 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 49.2 193% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 115 145% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 47GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224142459 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 56 403759107775 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2545 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475426314 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 487981085 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 21474836509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 24 224142459 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -111931142677760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3455762319 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2864704571	60.1% Good	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 79.2 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 9GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 163 159 4816 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5646 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.9% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 101 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.38 114% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 71%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,581 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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	617x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	309x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	99x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16