MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 09:06
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 680 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 92% 114 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 39983645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -119039313572957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 783 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 254 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 40 77312032798 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77312032798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 39983645 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 39983645 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 39983645 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6430 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4657 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4657 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3494 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3342381	65.1% Good	Read 484 Write 113 Mixed 175 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18.2 114% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 37.2 52% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 75%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 25 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4173 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4261 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (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 32161 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	76.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 138 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.47 153% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Read 17.1 Write 5.32 Mixed 4.16 9% 8.85 MB/s	4K Read 4.69 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.009 18% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	618x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	309x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	441x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16