MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.6% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97 U3 PLUS (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140722
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 21:33
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 515 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 3624) 3GB CLim: 1359 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 63.1 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 72.1 52% 63.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 53 52% 65 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -65008624091975 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2544 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2544 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 5253464 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2544 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 732035 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 23 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 732035 (F2) Unknown 100 100 227526 (F9) Unknown 100 100 24469	77% Very good	Read 506 Write 161 Mixed 215 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 22.8 132% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 55.8 77% 142 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 118077241803112 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2974 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2974 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 9682364 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2974 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 618142 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 39 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 618142 (F2) Unknown 100 100 410398 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21649	70.3% Very good	Read 491 Write 148 Mixed 209 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 18.7 119% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 42.8 64% 121 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 47GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 24 (03) Spinup time 170 168 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3220 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3040 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3187 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2920 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	72.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 127 Mixed 129 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.36 144% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 64%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	26x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TBWDCBench 98%, 8,872 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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