MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 15:49
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 651 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	133% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 174 Parallax 189 150% 182 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 157 Splatting 111 122% 156 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 472GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 507 532 554 552 548 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 679 Write 551 Mixed 569 SusWrite 521 130% 580 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 78 250% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 906 619% 762 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 89 44 41 47 50 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 463 Mixed 375 SusWrite 84.7 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50.6 186% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 174 180% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 139GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 313 342 347 346 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 462 Mixed 420 SusWrite 323 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.2 214% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 351 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 123 132 128 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 128 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 113 113 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 116 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 112 71% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.7 327% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 DDR3-1750 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 1319 CL9-9-9 DDR3-1750 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,574 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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