MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	64% 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

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 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 below expectations (37^th 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-$235 47,726 User benchmarks - Average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^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: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$370 165,636 User benchmarks - Average bench 63% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 180 Reflection 198 Parallax 217 59% 198 fps	MRender 160 Gravity 202 Splatting 140 80% 167 fps
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 487 User benchmarks - Average bench 84% 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 (7^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: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$47 233,238 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 (19^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: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,914 User benchmarks - Average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th 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: 65%

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

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $178Bench 65%, 33,520 samples	315x
Core i5-4690Intel $255Bench 75%, 10,515 samples	195x
Core i7-4790Intel $305Bench 76%, 31,212 samples	179x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 165,636 samples	336x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 41%, 76,968 samples	180x
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 99%, 126,996 samples	130x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 96%, 143,814 samples	188x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $60Bench 47%, 69,571 samples	79x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $89Bench 93%, 20,904 samples	66x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperX $115Bench 54%, 8,298 samples	66x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $118Bench 58%, 16,853 samples	58x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperX $62Bench 50%, 15,079 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $980

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $260	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136
Intel Core i5-7600K $238	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $239	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $34
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $132	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $143	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13