MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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)
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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 15:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$135 255,027 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)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 583 65% 509 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(1DA2 E421) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 99.4 62% 81 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 44.6 47% 59.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GSSD230S 256GB 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427BNR Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 392 Write 306 Mixed 318 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 32.2 121% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 36.1 34% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 17GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 104 94 97 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 94 Write 106 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 101 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 78 79 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 73 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 77.2 60% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 211% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 141GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 78 79 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 77.7 Write 84.2 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 77.2 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,609 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 79%

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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	846x
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 $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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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