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MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	114% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 19:54
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$115 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 598 66% 523 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.19 4% 4.29 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.69 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 4%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$140 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 96% 114 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 79 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 374 382 380 369 364 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 438 Mixed 410 SusWrite 383 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 52 181% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$77 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 111 111 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 110 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 86%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1.5TB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 38 38 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 34.8 Write 29.3 Mixed 25 SusWrite 38.5 43% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.5 139% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXLL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXLL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 52%

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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	892x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	462x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	211x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	179x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	122x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	159x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	103x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	50x

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Total price: $783

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