MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 10:50
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	18%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 217 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 560 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 198 Parallax 180 147% 186 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 186 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 160 174 114 125 124 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.6% Above average	Read 269 Write 153 Mixed 182 SusWrite 139 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 28.8 104% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 101 99% 158 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 91%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 246GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 396 415 412 417 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,040 Write 833 Mixed 448 SusWrite 411 152% 683 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 32.9 132% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 352 298% 428 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 291%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 623GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 94 96 95 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 130 Write 133 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 94.9 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 83%
Kingston HyperX SavageEXO 960GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 660GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 155 206 207 132 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 19%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 131 131 131 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 136 Write 129 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 129 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 114%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 851GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 95 90 88 92 89 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 75.5 Write 87.2 Mixed 67 SusWrite 90 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 170% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 65%
Apacer Portable HDD 4TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free, PID c004 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 97 100 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 91 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 99.7 114% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.7 274% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 109%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	620x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	442x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	177x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	154x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	99x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	48x

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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16