MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% 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)
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 381 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.4% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 58.3 60% 67.1 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 66 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 367 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 258 (94) Unknown 100 100 126550 (95) Unknown 100 100 1729 (96) Unknown 100 100 1637 (97) Unknown 100 100 1710 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46385 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33097540173845 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 176010 (F2) Unknown 100 100 152151 (F5) Unknown 100 100 273961 (F6) Unknown 100 100 253100 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	72.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 253 Mixed 251 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 17.2 102% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 42.8 68% 131 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 331GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29919896 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107814665 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2180 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 61 336592916 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19229 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 42949672980 (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 10728828311339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37553069239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2862531258343	76.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 145 Mixed 94.6 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.55 187% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x4GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 63%

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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	844x
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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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