MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 82.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '16 at 23:22
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-4690K-$255 73,549 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	SC Int 112 SC Float 117 SC Mixed 114 91% 114 Pts	QC Int 422 QC Float 444 QC Mixed 429 98% 432 Pts	MC Int 420 MC Float 441 MC Mixed 430 64% 430 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$370 247,983 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 180 Reflection 198 Parallax 217 60% 198 fps	MRender 160 Gravity 202 Splatting 140 72% 167 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 746 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 30GB free Firmware: SAFC01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (A2) Unknown 97 97 8589935200 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 78055242 (AE) Unknown 100 100 194 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128849018910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 61 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7712 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9240	56.7% Above average	Read 521 Write 330 Mixed 426 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 3.64 4K Mixed 2.18 58% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$42 520,939 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 2425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 321 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 252 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.7% Very good	Read 141 Write 119 Mixed 115 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 5,425 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $220

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $182Bench 67%, 65,980 samples	432x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 51,074 samples	287x
Core i7-4790KIntel $344Bench 88%, 131,857 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	461x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 40%, 123,465 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	212x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	222x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 48%, 119,806 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	82x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 18,534 samples	101x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 31,182 samples	77x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,309 samples	75x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12