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MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '22 at 12:37
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$115 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 184 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 538 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 117 Parallax 73 63% 89.1 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 71.2 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB 14,337 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: UK870400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 82 91 96 93 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 425 Write 255 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 108 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 4.3 26% 7.8 MB/s	DQ Read 2.7 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 18.4 18% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 59%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 604GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 71 80 79 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 67.1 Write 63.8 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 78.6 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$33 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: AX1P6E SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 109 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 101 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 108 61% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 15.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,674 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	892x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	462x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	211x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	179x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	122x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	159x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	103x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	50x

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Total price: $783

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