MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.8% 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	72.7% 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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

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 couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 10:17
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 372 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 61.7 53% 65.1 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.7 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11130 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2860 (B1) Unknown 63 63 439 (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 57 45 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 692 (F1) Unknown 99 99 104516205784	72.7% Very good	Read 475 Write 337 Mixed 335 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 13.8 71% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 13.6 80% 186 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1062 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 311 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 57 44 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2833061768	72% Very good	Read 492 Write 402 Mixed 412 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 19.9 84% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 122 73% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 122%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 259GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 104 104 38686032350 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 40463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2166 (C0) Power-off retract count 65 65 42143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 42143 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 270583463980 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	36.5% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 62.6 Mixed 61.5 47% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 40%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 250GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 186 1566 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11355 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6766 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 579 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119631 (C2) HDA temperature 103 79 44 (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	28.2% Poor	Read 59.5 Write 38.6 Mixed 39.7 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 41%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 139GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 36.4 Mixed 36.9 48% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 59%

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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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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