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MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '21 at 02:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 642 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 127 104% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 114 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 83 85 96 86 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 385 Write 129 Mixed 182 SusWrite 89.4 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 40.2 155% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 145 111% 152 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%
JMicron 1TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 240GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 694 688 704 702 701 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 687 Mixed 666 SusWrite 699 151% 669 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.7 207% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 1,017 696% 853 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 166%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$66 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 432GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 130 132 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 116 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 132 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 74%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 2,656 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	883x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	630x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	453x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	211x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	179x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	120x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	159x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	102x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	50x

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Total price: $783

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