MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	113% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 494 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 198 Parallax 178 144% 185 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 179 Splatting 124 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 240GB 2,789 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 307 295 297 297 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 460 Mixed 436 SusWrite 295 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55 187% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 116 153% 276 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 194GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 510 593 323 297 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 550 Mixed 400 SusWrite 414 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 55.1 221% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 713 534% 713 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 236%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 19GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 197 104 25 21 24 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 371 Write 317 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 99.3 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 13.7 56% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 18.8 DQ Mixed 20.3 16% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 56%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 21GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 101 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 101 Mixed 69 SusWrite 97.3 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 62%

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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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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