MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7846
Motherboard	MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 17:49
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$44 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Memory 43.6 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 143 50% 91.2 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 210 28% 212 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 75.6 63% 76.4 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 61.1 56% 70.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (A5) Unknown 100 100 66323305 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 275 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 42 180390133790 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2409498083889 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3049 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4206 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3485 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6245 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.8% Above average	Read 488 Write 171 Mixed 229 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 9.48 69% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 32.5 DQ Mixed 8.96 23% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 746GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1257 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6335 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1086 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1200 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 29 (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	74.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.35 131% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 109%
Samsung HD252KJ 250GB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 45GB free Firmware: CM100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8231 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17917 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3789 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 2012271 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 37 (BE) vendor-specific 75 57 25 (C2) HDA temperature 163 106 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2012271 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 301	25.3% Poor	Read 42 Write 45.8 Mixed 41.2 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.2% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 186 22% 186 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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