MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 10:04
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 375 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 73.7 62% 75.1 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 68.7 57% 69.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5564 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 836 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18314276425
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 58GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1025 (A5) Unknown 100 100 194382 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 49 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 37 210454052901 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 163 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 71 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5871312315 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3818869451	47.9% Average	Read 449 Write 259 Mixed 267 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 8.63 44% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 17.8 DQ Mixed 9.36 12% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 234GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 85 92613770 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146915227 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5125 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 33 538509344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 67 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 88 52 113567771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.6% Average	Read 71.8 Write 76.4 Mixed 70 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 192GB free Firmware: CC1F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209849535 (03) Spinup time 100 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106222770 (09) Power-on hours count 100 82 281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4668 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 810 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 276 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 29 209849535 (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 7035156445994 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1624384278 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4049447132	50.2% Above average	Read 80.4 Write 94.6 Mixed 64.7 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 69GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 90 70138774 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 52134591481 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3008 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 35 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 65 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 49 56008549 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.4% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 67.2 Mixed 62.5 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 145GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 98 Write 104 Mixed 80.8 121% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 17.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.1% 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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

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