MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	141% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 05:06
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 694 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 186 Parallax 196 142% 186 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 118 127 555 776 787 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,029 Write 70 Mixed 247 SusWrite 418 96% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 31.2 170% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 750 DQ Mixed 51.5 179% 378 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 248%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 230GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 426 450 376 346 356 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 439 Mixed 391 SusWrite 389 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 41.8 142% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 715GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 27 30 29 23 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 91.7 Write 67.2 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 25.5 36% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 715GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 12 13 9.5 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.65% Terrible	Read 20 Write 36.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 13.3 19% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 9.65% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 4x8GB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 62%

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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%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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