MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% 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	210% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 19:01
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670S 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 207 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 378 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 47.9 52% 57.5 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 71.5 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 331 327 327 327 322 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2,055 Write 1,470 Mixed 868 SusWrite 361 263% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 82.3 266% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.5 DQ Write 964 DQ Mixed 574 425% 529 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 230GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 507 502 503 507 507 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 131%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 247GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 393 274 154 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 426 Write 171 Mixed 375 SusWrite 258 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39.5 138% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 220 177% 243 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 925GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 118 115 118 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 125 Write 107 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 116 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.7 288% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.3% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 72%

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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	267x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	224x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	283x
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 $85Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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