MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.5% 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	132% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '21 at 22:48
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 551 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 108 Parallax 122 97% 116 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 119 Splatting 100 96% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512M9PeG 512GB 900 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 299 310 375 380 375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 590 Write 128 Mixed 165 SusWrite 362 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 58.5 183% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 723 DQ Write 582 DQ Mixed 669 496% 658 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 252%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 246 249 253 251 252 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 445 Write 279 Mixed 313 SusWrite 265 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 43.1 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 231 205% 309 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 638GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 190 187 193 195 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 96.8 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 191 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 73: 10R 5G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
73%	25%	91	256	182	144	23.8"	2560 1440	DELA0E7 Dell S2417DG

History: Score 64: 8R 7G 3B | Score 47: 5R 5G 7B | Score 73: 10R 5G 8B

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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	848x
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 $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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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