MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53% 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	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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 10:12
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 433 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 81.7 54% 72.5 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 57.6 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 587GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236348101 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4495434713 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2408 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 11 38655426801 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 39 10467492102182 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7440 (C2) HDA temperature 38 61 47244640294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 99 236348101 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82295868371465 (F1) Unknown 100 253 269462667 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1442598140	58% Above average	Read 104 Write 98 Mixed 102 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 71%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 404GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2598 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 296 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 10618 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 73215 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253403594783 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 37 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2182 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 261 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 85.8 Write 58.3 Mixed 62 52% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21% Poor	Read 113 Write 11.9 Mixed 18.3 41% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.96 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 32% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 61%

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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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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