MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '16 at 14:57
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 425 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 37.2 27% 33.8 fps	MRender 41.6 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 34 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 588 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13517 (A5) Unknown 100 100 66 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19291 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 96790 (F2) Unknown 100 100 97635 (F5) Unknown 100 100 216272	97.9% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 429 Mixed 470 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 36.5 144% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 65 78% 127 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 163GB free Firmware: CC66 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101584391 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68856058 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1756 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 605552675 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 21 101584391 (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 69114613745428 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3618766672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3040930347	53.9% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 89 Mixed 96.8 72% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.3% 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 $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 $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