MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.1% 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)
Boot Drive	122% 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

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 249 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 474 65% 482 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 105 Parallax 102 32% 82.4 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 108 Splatting 110 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 306 304 295 293 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 485 Mixed 411 SusWrite 300 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.5 217% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 141 145 144 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 107 Write 60.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 142 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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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	269x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	284x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	132x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	122x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	41x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16