MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.7% 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	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 09:35
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 438 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 69.8 61% 74.5 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 62.9 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2652 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (A2) Unknown 96 96 12884902496 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 78251850 (AE) Unknown 100 100 201 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 201 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128849018910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 61 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7737 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9280	43.1% Average	Read 524 Write 287 Mixed 435 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 2.23 16% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 328 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 254 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 29 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 116 Mixed 111 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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