MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7846
Motherboard	MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 11:33
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 390 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7846) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 12 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 15.4 10% 13.5 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 19.3 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51367808864967 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 42 94492033061 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 444281 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 84 84 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 444281 (F2) Unknown 100 100 434569 (F9) Unknown 100 100 94006	57% Above average	Read 416 Write 133 Mixed 239 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 17 88% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 38.6 57% 104 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 204GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897222844 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11528 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274904611 (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 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 22.8 Write 145 Mixed 89.3 65% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.23 62% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-010.A00LF 9905584-014.A00LF 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) - $80

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	54x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	39x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	12x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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