MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7846
Motherboard	MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 10:52
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 146 59% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 176 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 135 8% 135 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 941GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 89.6 Write 52.5 Mixed 65.3 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 790GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 89.5 Write 52.5 Mixed 52 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 5TB (2015)-$634 281 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 582GB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40271626 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4779736 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42950328334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 655949863 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 716 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10009 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 94489280551 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 42 40271626 (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 92556545229194 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9813673716 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1500857839	91.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 110 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.28 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8880 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2315 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 588316706 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 86537994276 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7865787 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 96.6 Mixed 104 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 255GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8960 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8844 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2306 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 554696737 (C2) HDA temperature 62 47 655360038 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 39238 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.4% Average	Read 86.4 Write 85.5 Mixed 83.5 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.55 130% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 104GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 91.4 Write 52.5 Mixed 65.4 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 78GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105729720 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1189271 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588709923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 644 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12699 (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 56173877265090 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15207334240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15984199697	51.1% Above average	Read 85.1 Write 92.8 Mixed 84.4 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 11GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 206285488 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1073252 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1182 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 43538382883 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 696 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12451 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 -140737488355293 (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 65953517798061 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11968032552 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4373297338	53.4% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 90.2 Mixed 87.6 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 2x4GB 3,493 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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