MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.9% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 542 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 605 38% 605 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 158 Parallax 138 121% 148 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 143 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 310 305 297 291 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 311 Mixed 250 SusWrite 287 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 38.3 148% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 151 155% 255 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%
Samsung MZ7LN128HCHP-000H1 128GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2GB free Firmware: EMT02H0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 45 Mixed 60.5 40% 187 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 23.2 109% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 45.1 DQ Mixed 57.3 81% 159 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 460GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 443 459 463 462 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 455 Mixed 400 SusWrite 453 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62.5 209% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 275GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 81 82 81 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 89.7 Write 66.2 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 80.5 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%
Seagate ST9160412AS 160GB-$24 2,432 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 116GB free Firmware: 0003HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 84 84 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 82.8 Write 80 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 82.2 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.5 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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