MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 01:42
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 570 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7846) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 608 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14257926	84.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 281 Mixed 311 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 22.6 123% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 64.2 105% 206 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213119744 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1720 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 387242705 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1722 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1808 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 51539607585 (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 131073811947497 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94442408464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 93990530787	75.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 124 Mixed 119 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.23 59% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 63%

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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 34%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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