MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 13:06
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 611 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 136 Parallax 127 102% 129 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2256GTTDR 256GB 4,456 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 280 300 240 205 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 554 Mixed 180 SusWrite 268 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 47.6 172% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 707 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 440 364% 529 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 215%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 96 95 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 174 Write 155 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 96.1 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 372GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 107 105 106 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 106 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0423 Dark-1600 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%

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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	223x

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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $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) $39	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