MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	108% 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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 22:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 440 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 60.4 40% 47.2 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 40 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 306 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 193 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 62 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1974099610	108% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 402 Mixed 414 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 47.2 160% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 113 141% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 145GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182282248 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3847715 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (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 67 66 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2292 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 34359738401 (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 104041287778501 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7796454854 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109959909012	63.1% Good	Read 120 Write 100 Mixed 129 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 196GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 90 67249179 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8681 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 41 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51120076 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7826 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 709 (BC) Unknown 100 1 163212034898 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 60 39 490299326504 (C2) HDA temperature 40 61 38654705704 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 34 67249179 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 22 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9058086022691 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1084495585 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3760392192	38.4% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 67.2 Mixed 64.6 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 70%

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 (87^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.2% 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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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