MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 21:42
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$209 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 (70^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 570 56% 461 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 55.6 Parallax 102 65% 78.9 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 71.7 56% 68.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3039 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2812 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1776 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684380196 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15735165758 (F7) Unknown 100 100 496771869 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1326432607	71.1% Very good	Read 528 Write 184 Mixed 262 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.8 123% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 18.6 28% 51 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 89%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 49GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3251 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1874 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 529160 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	42.9% Average	Read 247 Write 107 Mixed 149 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 6.78 74% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 7.09 38% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 46%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 100 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25810436651 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1166 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 137 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2773 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 223339151403 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 120 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	58.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 103 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 679GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211156408 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37307684 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23626 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 42949672994 (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 28273769711705 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42575653245 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2814213286628	89.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 137 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0423 Team--Elite-1333 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns

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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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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 $184	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