MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '16 at 20:46
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 426 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 68.3 66% 72.8 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 51.4 43% 52.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4245220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -101902394050650 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 154 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 41 25772490777 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 25772490777 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4245220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4245220 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4245220 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12138 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7720 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7720 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4444	33.2% Below average	Read 164 Write 91.5 Mixed 72 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 6.69 66% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 18.1 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 27.5 28% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 78 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 96 (03) Spinup time 121 100 25790382393 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 60 31 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 131072 (BC) Unknown 100 76 112984775 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 421134362 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1642 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1642 (C2) HDA temperature 230 117 219043725338 (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	75.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 137 Mixed 136 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1315 BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE KHX1866C10D3/8G 1315 BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1333, 1867, 1333, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 70%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	304x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	266x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	280x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	132x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	40x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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