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MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	158% 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	120% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '21 at 21:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 398 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 1E04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 211 Reflection 204 Parallax 233 172% 216 fps	MRender 269 Gravity 215 Splatting 169 173% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 337 456 387 390 361 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 478 Mixed 373 SusWrite 359 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.2 200% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 25GB free Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 78 77 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 413 Write 92.4 Mixed 147 SusWrite 77.1 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 40.2 145% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 90.6 69% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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Typical H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 1,593 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	310x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	282x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	294x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	131x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	41x

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