MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140520
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 10:07
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 578 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69.7 62% 75.3 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 65.6 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7918) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 279 320 328 304 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 455 Write 330 Mixed 240 SusWrite 268 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 17.8 111% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 63.5 84% 150 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 106 Write 90 Mixed 66.5 65% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 250GB free Firmware: 05.01A05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 92 91 97 92 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 64 Write 60.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 90.6 46% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 61%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 111GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 78 105 79 57 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 10.5 Write 35.8 Mixed 15 SusWrite 76.4 25% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 23 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,569 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	844x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	616x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	306x

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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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