MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 16:04
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 161 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 288 40% 298 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1375 MHz, MLim: 2015 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 82 56% 73.3 fps	MRender 41.9 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 56.8 44% 53.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 47GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8568390 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -67267777787400 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 100 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 39 77311967260 (C2) HDA temperature 28 39 77311967260 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8568390 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8568390 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8568390 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 60129542144 (E9) Unknown 0 0 803 (EA) Unknown 0 0 298 (F1) Unknown 0 0 298 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3582 (F4) Unknown 100 100 851970	78.3% Very good	Read 498 Write 237 Mixed 303 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 21.2 120% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 52.3 81% 149 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 113 113 17193107659 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1117 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1123 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979544094 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 106 Write 147 Mixed 140 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	222x

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	120x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16