MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 03:54
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 654 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 204 Parallax 201 149% 196 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 185 Splatting 133 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18161807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -83820581738941 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1507 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 281 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 40 51542229024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51542229024 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18161807 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18161807 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18161807 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20951 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5931 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5931 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4315	78% Very good	Read 499 Write 246 Mixed 230 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 21.8 116% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 61.9 84% 151 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112875816 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4272007 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (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 65 58 605224995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49793 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 42949672995 (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 122823179765479 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3210210446 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7482350292	94.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 155 Mixed 146 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A-PB Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G HMT451U6AFR8A-PB Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 58%

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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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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