MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.4% 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	52.7% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 15:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 209 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 348 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 54.2 37% 49.2 fps	MRender 50 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 38 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,421 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 41GB free Firmware: 57MB4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 739 Write 507 Mixed 589 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 25.9 142% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 171 181% 296 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 279%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18633304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -128290673123480 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1995 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 215 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 47 38657785889 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 38657785889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18633304 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18633304 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18633304 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28701 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7977 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7977 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12029 (F4) Unknown 93 93 196739297	52.7% Above average	Read 495 Write 95.2 Mixed 105 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 7.35 86% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 9.15 23% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 73%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 551GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 196 Mixed 190 154% 204 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 3.95 4K Mixed 0.51 158% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

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