MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	79.3% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 16:23
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 464 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.9 90% 109 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 177GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 738 Write 593 Mixed 608 144% 647 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55 217% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 59.9 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 32.7 41% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 280%
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (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 3014 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 140395 (A5) Unknown 100 100 182 (A6) Unknown 100 100 85 (A7) Unknown 100 100 136 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 343 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 169356 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 336228 (F2) Unknown 100 100 404900 (F5) Unknown 100 100 561580	79.3% Very good	Read 517 Write 187 Mixed 220 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 23 129% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 61.3 86% 161 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 89%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 35GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (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 1122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1011 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 359 (94) Unknown 100 100 114645 (95) Unknown 100 100 1662 (96) Unknown 100 100 1522 (97) Unknown 100 100 1638 (A4) Unknown 100 100 34936 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37542864879642 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 141445 (F2) Unknown 100 100 104768 (F5) Unknown 100 100 206340 (F6) Unknown 100 100 229290 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.3% Very good	Read 492 Write 259 Mixed 270 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 23.2 111% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 80.3 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 14.8 44% 91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 91%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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