MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 11:31
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 600 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PowerColor(148C 3000) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 54 35% 42.8 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 40 Splatting 38 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Deva's SSD-E128i 128GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: KFS10010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 457 383 400 369 333 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 452 Mixed 386 SusWrite 398 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57 196% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 216 188% 277 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 870GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 181 184 182 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 179 Mixed 121 SusWrite 182 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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