MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 12:05
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 228 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 674 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 2010 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 99.1 82% 102 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 79.3 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 174 171 175 185 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 208 Write 258 Mixed 252 SusWrite 173 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.5 159% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 150 129% 187 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 117GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 118 118 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 70.8 Write 67.3 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 117 54% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 331GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 112 108 108 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 109 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 107%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 689GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 102 99 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	57% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 94 Mixed 64 SusWrite 100 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F GKH800UD51208-1600 Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.8% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%

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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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	617x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	309x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
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	99x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16