MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	88.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 06:51
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 522 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 208 Parallax 204 154% 200 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 180 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 546 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 72 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2671572175	88.3% Excellent	Read 515 Write 485 Mixed 451 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 25.6 123% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 30.7 DQ Mixed 81.4 47% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 124%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 109GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3336347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -112914690206530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 46 1009320329239 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 1009320329239 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3336347 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3336347 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3336347 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 12884901889 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19556 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1494 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1494 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3633	49.4% Average	Read 500 Write 94.2 Mixed 106 50% 233 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 10.2 79% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 34.2 DQ Mixed 7.34 10% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113785344 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18740408 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 59 538443800 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9012 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 60129542168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 4475355926783 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46361492823 (F2) Unknown 100 253 169233821345	69.1% Good	Read 129 Write 112 Mixed 74.1 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.12 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 587GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24634193 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 313917488 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1571 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590066020 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 44 404299120667 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1612 (C2) HDA temperature 27 56 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 25 24634193 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 213 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40918153450278 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3710678350 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3695762286	50.4% Above average	Read 92 Write 83.5 Mixed 55.2 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 5,493 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

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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	265x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	279x
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	44x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	40x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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