MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	68.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 18:02
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$65 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 197 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 544 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2827 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 192 Parallax 173 146% 182 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 192 Splatting 133 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11325 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1959 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3900536203217 (A6) Unknown 100 100 89 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 142 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 113 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 53 227634380839 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6623212607036 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25999 (EA) Unknown 100 100 107819 (F1) Unknown 253 253 82625 (F2) Unknown 253 253 63575 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.6% Good	Read 469 Write 128 Mixed 256 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 19.9 108% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 48.5 84% 168 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 101%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$185 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 187 9416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1095 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1089 (C2) HDA temperature 118 94 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 158 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.24 115% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73989424 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116097855 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49620 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 60129542176 (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 134565620357778 (F1) Unknown 100 253 100350036026 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1260828162441	88.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 146 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE KHX1600C10D3/8G 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $274	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