MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 01:13
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 439 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 0984) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 38.1 25% 32.9 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 32.3 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$80 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2560 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14024890 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 249 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 51 219044511779 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 227634184245 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 413 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1358 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1136 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3843 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151168712 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2605 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 34412240634 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (B7) Unknown 72 72 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 64425558032 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 622002203 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 8 8 185402 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46785078771744 (F1) Unknown 100 253 125394343522127 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48757680098097	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 196 Mixed 115 123% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$51 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2589 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 35 (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	73.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 124 Mixed 111 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 108%
WD My Book 640GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 210GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 35.9 Mixed 11.9 33% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

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Typical Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 93 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) - $125

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	27x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	17x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TBWDCBench 98%, 8,872 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7BFR8C-G7 HMT125U7AFR8C-G7 8GBHynixBench 34%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $375

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363