MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% 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	143% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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	22.7 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '16 at 13:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 164 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 369 42% 329 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 63 Parallax 83.2 57% 72 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 56 Splatting 79.7 55% 65.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 971 Write 938 Mixed 946 213% 951 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 16.6 106% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 89.1 142% 271 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 182%
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 68GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2745 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (A2) Unknown 100 100 84 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720926 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1779 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1487	80.2% Excellent	Read 507 Write 339 Mixed 346 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 10.3 98% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 41.7 91% 189 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 640GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 102394935 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6176971 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 605880355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 917 (C2) HDA temperature 35 21 90194313251 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 2 102394935 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95863670045744 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5556745439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9138052099	89.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 164 Mixed 141 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 28GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 20.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,576 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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	307x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	440x
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	98x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16