MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	75.3% 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.

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	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 03:00
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 664 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 203 Parallax 180 147% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 177 Splatting 126 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26335386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 34084860472190 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1602 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 288 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 51 51542949916 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 51542949916 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26335386 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26335386 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26335386 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25690 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9227 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9227 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18403	75.3% Very good	Read 500 Write 273 Mixed 248 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 17.9 123% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 14.5 27% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.3% 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 above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76525016 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5915751 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1083 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 554827807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59803 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 42949672991 (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 -56165287327605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4285366335 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8644655127	86% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 146 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86% 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

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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 $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