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MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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.

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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	13.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 06:28
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 671 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 465.89 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 131 107% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 362 Write 121 Mixed 188 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 36.5 150% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 154 117% 160 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 80%
JMicron 1TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 127GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 701 662 665 685 688 667 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 676 Mixed 657 SusWrite 678 150% 662 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 57.5 179% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 758 DQ Mixed 923 651% 820 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 166%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$66 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 819GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 115 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 153 Write 130 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 114 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% 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 (87^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 22.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400