MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% 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	106% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 16:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 650 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 75.8 52% 67.1 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 52.6 Splatting 77 53% 63.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 99 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 104 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 56 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1163738424	106% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 402 Mixed 173 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 39 163% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 117 126% 212 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 534GB free Firmware: JA0OA4D0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 187 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65544 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1215 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 962072936449 (BC) Unknown 100 100 47247917056 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 472055843 (BF) G-sense error rate 94 94 1779 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3407924 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	30.8% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 36.1 Mixed 14.5 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.16 38% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 486GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38050592 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 919 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8568135 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 639434789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3344 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 94489280549 (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 81728932676560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11470629808 (F2) Unknown 100 253 326955819940	70.8% Very good	Read 82.4 Write 163 Mixed 37.7 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.51 190% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 91%

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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	269x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	284x
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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $252	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16