MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 10:26
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 724 78% 618 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7918) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 97 87% 105 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 100 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S120G 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 203GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25789661488 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1423 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8947 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8947 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171799674910 (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	18.5% Very poor	Read 181 Write 172 Mixed 173 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 3% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 120GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 47 100 1583 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2029 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2719 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2770 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2746 (AE) Unknown 100 100 548 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 219043332133 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 91 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 287108 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13358 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23468	69.8% Good	Read 462 Write 208 Mixed 290 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 3.85 108% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 24.3 69% 148 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 51GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179744608 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5772 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 128915446 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41588 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 34359738395 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 59184649346864 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50464640115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 360068638978	71.2% Very good	Read 113 Write 135 Mixed 131 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 8GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3575 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10223 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8040 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2752 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 197569085463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 35 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 117 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 18 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82424	36.4% Below average	Read 56 Write 70.5 Mixed 70 50% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.32 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 27.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 91%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,570 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	844x
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 $109Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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