MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 14:44
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 441 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 63.7 60% 70.2 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 70.8 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1337 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 303 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1900599 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22029
Poor: 52% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 612GB free Firmware: ST6O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 38686163424 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7453 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8217 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 270584250397 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.5% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 95.5 Mixed 97.9 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 61%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.98% Terrible	Read 36 Write 5.15 Mixed 8.39 15% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.36 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 26% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.98% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

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