MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 17:47
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$51 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 210 32% 234 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 126 Parallax 78.8 78% 100 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 80 Splatting 71.4 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7918) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.08% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 5.2 3% 3.8 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.2 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.08% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 642GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 498 558 577 545 573 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 586 Write 575 Mixed 554 SusWrite 537 127% 563 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 48 140% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 607 450% 599 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 347%
WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB 19,163 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 162 162 161 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 180 Write 166 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 161 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 0.9 65% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 4.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 39%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 532GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 110 108 114 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 134 Write 121 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 104 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 900GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 163 Write 150 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 110 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-065.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5403-065.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.5% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.1 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 6.3 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 56%

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Gaming 42%

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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	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	308x

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 $75Bench 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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16