MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.4% 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	173% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 08:34
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 258,479 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	1-Core 127 2-Core 249 89% 188 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 631 71% 543 Pts	64-Core 648 44% 648 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$110 182,351 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 36CA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 60 Reflection 40.6 Parallax 58.5 16% 53 fps	MRender 46.8 Gravity 59 Splatting 36.4 16% 47.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$110 33,013 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 670GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 623 638 648 658 659 657 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 662 Mixed 604 SusWrite 647 149% 662 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 74.1 253% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 268 281% 465 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 269%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$58 42,923 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 97GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 153 152 151 153 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 311 Write 389 Mixed 310 SusWrite 181 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 45.4 149% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 51.1 42% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 47,669 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 64%

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

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $220

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $185Bench 60%, 141,681 samples	837x
Core i7-4790Intel $317Bench 69%, 132,824 samples	621x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 258,479 samples	587x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 506,553 samples	897x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 246,595 samples	438x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $289Bench 57%, 731,336 samples	390x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $50Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	370x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	188x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 112%, 375,272 samples	161x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 47,669 samples	222x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 60%, 55,333 samples	164x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 30,609 samples	151x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $58
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24