MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 22:44
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 597 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7918) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2238 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.4 86% 108 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 90.5 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13354799 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -26963804678582 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1596 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 367 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 46 38657720352 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 38657720352 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13354799 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13354799 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13354799 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13739 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10157 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10157 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10589 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7602289	46.7% Average	Read 414 Write 114 Mixed 159 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 13 64% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 60.8 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 30.7 40% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 73%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82498816 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 434359100 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 3312 (BE) vendor-specific 58 58 706412586 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 42 42 51539607594 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 169 Mixed 151 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 98%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 585GB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 75 (03) Spinup time 142 142 21491810579 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 127 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2113 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2490 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 201863921706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 161 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.16 82% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 72%

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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	845x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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