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MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '15 at 10:59
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 132 2-Core 264 90% 198 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 502 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4752 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 77.9 64% 78.2 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 61.9 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 351 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (AB) Unknown 80 80 41301072 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 24 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 974 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1198 (F9) Unknown 100 100 48854079	95.3% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 411 Mixed 438 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 19.7 124% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 19.8 96% 214 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 100%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 2TB 3,366 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87393904 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 400869 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 366 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 163 Mixed 149 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 8GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15306942 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 60 59 412427193537 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 80 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3149 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572653602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 27 15306942 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	29.9% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 50.8 Mixed 52.2 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 58%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

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	267x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	282x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	132x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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