MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 09:22
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 357 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 39.3 38% 43.4 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 40 Splatting 36.2 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1674 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1158 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 203 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2555954 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3503	61.2% Good	Read 499 Write 231 Mixed 310 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 7.67 71% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 22.5 54% 111 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 230GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 88 95547424 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31696557 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1831 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 353 (BC) Unknown 100 97 13 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16538 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 94489280542 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73057393702925 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12899035135 (F2) Unknown 100 253 337693112797	72.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 117 Mixed 129 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 2x4GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

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

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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