MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	42.9% 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	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 17:13
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 179 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 449 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3682) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.9% Average	Lighting 52.3 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 17.2 43% 42.1 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 49.9 44% 53.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th 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 5574 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 822 (A2) Unknown 100 100 607 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1769558 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12172 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8468	66.2% Good	Read 497 Write 283 Mixed 305 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 9.79 86% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 8.84 36% 73.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1771 (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 99 99 10910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1766 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1771 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1771 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 214749151259 (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	93.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 161 Mixed 152 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.12 56% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

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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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Total price: $868

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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