MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 398 58% 421 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 85.5 53% 69.9 fps	MRender 59.1 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 74.3 52% 62.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 764 Write 605 Mixed 702 154% 690 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 32.1 168% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 161 127% 167 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 243%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 59 176094707743 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2378731332 (F7) Unknown 100 100 74461065 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8969591	79% Very good	Read 521 Write 327 Mixed 391 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 20 120% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 19.5 29% 52 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34388705696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 623 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 623 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 201864577065 (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	93.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 155 Mixed 168 125% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 692GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87067328 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10211889 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 605356067 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12817 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 68719476771 (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 -117858197568824 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10401064134 (F2) Unknown 100 253 173094024154	79.1% Very good	Read 151 Write 125 Mixed 123 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992050 (997050) 2x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 31.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 62%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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