MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.3% 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	164% 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 19:28
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 656 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.3% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 46.5 28% 39.6 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 34 Splatting 26.5 25% 31 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 695GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR031 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 85 93 94 294 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,019 Write 1,072 Mixed 1,068 SusWrite 272 193% 858 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 69.8 240% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 714 DQ Write 751 DQ Mixed 843 604% 769 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 299%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 112GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 368 368 369 257 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 367 Mixed 319 SusWrite 326 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.9 158% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 198 175% 261 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 102 104 103 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 92 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 101 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 666GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 111 111 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 101 Write 32.9 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 110 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2400, 2133, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 80%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,576 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	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 $90Bench 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