MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.9% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 09:04
Run Duration	406 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 224 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 531 58% 457 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 282B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 29 Parallax 40.2 25% 33.4 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 32.3 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2937 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 659 (B1) Unknown 92 92 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 43 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13059920603	69.9% Good	Read 480 Write 113 Mixed 187 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 26.9 115% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 61.3 83% 158 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 917GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 77 77660230 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 102 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790841155 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4301 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1963 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2120 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4395 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 270583529498 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2001 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 52 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 76.9 Write 84.5 Mixed 80.6 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 74%
WD Elements 25A1 3TB 4,338 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 112 Write 77.8 Mixed 30.2 82% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.16 38% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 62%
Samsung G2 Portable 500GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 380GB free, PID 6033 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 38 Mixed 39.6 50% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 21%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 23 Write 3.76 Mixed 5.31 10% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.38 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.56 111% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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