MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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.
Boot Drive	97.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '22 at 11:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 109 2-Core 231 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 627 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3973) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 174 Parallax 186 152% 182 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 138 Splatting 120 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 204GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 447 450 463 470 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 454 Mixed 424 SusWrite 455 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 58.7 188% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 137%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 295 304 300 300 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 287 Mixed 283 SusWrite 295 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 40.1 146% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 249 207% 301 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 652GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 84 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 79 SusWrite 82.9 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 17 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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	222x

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	119x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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