MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 17:43
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 414 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 64.8 58% 69.1 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 60.3 54% 67.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free Firmware: DXT06L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8167 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1754 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 107 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 39 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 6895558 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 254 (EC) Unknown 99 99 48 (ED) Unknown 99 99 107 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 491 Write 224 Mixed 182 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 13 106% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 33.3 75% 157 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$25 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829622 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2023 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2500 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 214749610026 (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 200 200 0	63.3% Good	Read 120 Write 101 Mixed 62.6 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 107%
Samsung HD200HJ 200GB 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 49GB free Firmware: KF100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14818 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18254 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7057 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 600664 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 127 97 789381157 (C2) HDA temperature 124 97 789381158 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 600664 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	42.2% Average	Read 72.6 Write 74.5 Mixed 44.9 48% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.37 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 53%
SAMSUNG HN-M320MBB 320GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 98GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 25.9 Mixed 17.6 30% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.23 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 1x8GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 50%

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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	864x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	622x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	443x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	208x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	178x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	156x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	101x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	48x

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