MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 16:19
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$41 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 172 74% 122 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 269 36% 269 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 103 66% 80.1 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 73 57% 68.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram IRIDIUM PRO 240GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 758 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786475 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1454	95% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 419 Mixed 518 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 15.6 122% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 14.9 93% 213 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 103%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 23GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3897 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1411 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 313 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 54 231929479209 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 869 (F1) Unknown 253 253 403 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1136 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 395 Write 298 Mixed 289 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 15.5 91% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 25.3 42% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 99%
WD WD10EARX-32N0YB0 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 84GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 144 3591 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3937 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3039 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 166182 (C2) HDA temperature 109 87 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.2% Below average	Read 51.4 Write 57.2 Mixed 53.6 41% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.6% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 73%

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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	862x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	621x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	311x

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	154x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	101x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	48x

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