MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 13:09
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 209 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 537 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 66.3 Reflection 66 Parallax 59.1 54% 63.8 fps	Gravity 60.9 Splatting 51.3 49% 56.1 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 118GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 518 (A9) Unknown 100 100 132 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 361 (AE) Unknown 100 100 242 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 77 330713595933 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3075 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 47093 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12406 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9841 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	52.9% Above average	Read 380 Write 161 Mixed 191 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 13.2 80% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 46.9 DQ Mixed 27.1 40% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 91%
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 190 (A9) Unknown 100 100 403 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 81 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 57 244814184479 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 582 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21282 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16757 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8907 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	76.2% Very good	Read 404 Write 256 Mixed 313 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 16.9 119% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 37.1 79% 163 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 815GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 25680017 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5015989 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 60 470941723 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 432 (C2) HDA temperature 27 18 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 25680017 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40003325394491 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2343416353 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2879986971	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 170 Mixed 159 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 37GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896633010 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 105 105 38 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12479 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12479 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454249505 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 109 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 75%

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Gaming 42%

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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	265x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	279x
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	44x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	40x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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