MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


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 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.4% 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	30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 423 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 04A1) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 48.3 32% 41.3 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 41.2 30% 35.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10239 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2653 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15139420 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 40112 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 13 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11147 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10261	30.2% Below average	Read 173 Write 23 Mixed 119 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 3.13 69% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 28.9 DQ Mixed 2.7 20% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 334GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3323 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 151554 (C2) HDA temperature 112 88 35 (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	78.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.27 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 108GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 78 78 7580 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11797 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6318 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454230043 (C2) HDA temperature 71 45 521338909 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 26779 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	37.3% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 66.9 Mixed 62.8 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 62%
Generic Storage Device 16GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 1336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 8.15 Mixed 10.1 14% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.69 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.81 51% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 29.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

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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	843x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	306x

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

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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