MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 11:40
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 420 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1591 MHz, MLim: 2013 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 70.1 62% 74.9 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 62.3 58% 72.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15616426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 82832739279063 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1247 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 192 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 56 64428179484 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 64428179484 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15616426 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15616426 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15616426 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 94489280513 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19112 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13552 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13552 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9891 (F4) Unknown 95 95 9961624	59.1% Above average	Read 442 Write 122 Mixed 153 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 14.8 108% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 38.6 38% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 634GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97974160 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36521810 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 487718941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85887 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 55834574877 (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 35841502090094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23602042974 (F2) Unknown 100 253 205702307569	109% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 176 Mixed 165 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 218GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229816772 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 174828833 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1506 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 44 605356068 (C2) HDA temperature 36 56 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 57 229823135 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.3% Below average	Read 64 Write 62.4 Mixed 61.2 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 44%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 715GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 39.8 Mixed 39.7 52% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

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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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Total price: $868

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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