MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 19:47
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 602 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 42.2 29% 36.4 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 37 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 94593 (A5) Unknown 100 100 139 (A6) Unknown 100 100 38 (A7) Unknown 100 100 92 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 323 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 51062 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 207950 (F2) Unknown 100 100 280212 (F5) Unknown 100 100 378372	77.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 156 Mixed 218 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 30.7 131% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 62.5 83% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 478GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 612 (C2) HDA temperature 125 98 18 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 141 Mixed 118 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.32 117% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%
WD WD6400AARS-00Y5B1 640GB 2,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 232GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 123 115 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5385 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3801 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 342418 (C2) HDA temperature 128 98 19 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.5% Good	Read 120 Write 94.1 Mixed 48.6 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2Y2G64CB8HC5N-CG Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 1311 M2Y2G64CB8HC5N-CG 12GB 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $45	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