MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	71.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 11:48
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 710 79% 624 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 87%

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% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.5 90% 107 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S120G 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 510GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1145 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4529 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 171799674905 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	12.8% Very poor	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 140 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 2% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 18%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 120GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 243 100 1267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1700 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1780 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1832 (A9) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1801 (AE) Unknown 100 100 452 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 219043332135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 185487 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10237 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16759	71.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 205 Mixed 289 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 3.86 108% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 24.3 70% 150 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 100GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62844840 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 121678120 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1902 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 78 64 470614038 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31551 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 34359738390 (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 83507049142671 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48567376083 (F2) Unknown 100 253 338693476976	83.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 149 Mixed 108 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 31GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 79.8 Write 76.3 Mixed 52.2 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 3.94 4K Mixed 0.08 120% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3574 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7015 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7102 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2437 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 197569085458 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 116 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 18 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 66472	31.5% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 54.3 Mixed 54.8 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 61%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 8GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 92.8 Mixed 65.9 105% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 27.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 91%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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