MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	76.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 20:21
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 190 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 547 51% 426 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 109% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 160 162 159 157 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 362 Write 260 Mixed 272 SusWrite 158 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 34.7 138% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 176 147% 211 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 355GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 453 455 460 464 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 456 Mixed 374 SusWrite 446 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.2 204% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 944GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 183 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 135 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 184 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 6,401 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 61%

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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	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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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