MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.3% 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	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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 11:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 65.7 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 184 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 412 46% 360 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7918) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 5.62 4% 5.5 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 8.61 4% 4.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 3%
Asus Radeon RX 470 941 User benchmarks, average bench 36% Asus(1043 0533) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.2% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 54.1 Parallax 56.8 34% 50.9 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 44.1 Splatting 47.1 40% 49.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 44%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 208 195 191 205 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 419 Write 420 Mixed 314 SusWrite 226 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 33.3 104% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 535 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 298 250% 371 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 141%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 858GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 66 74 72 69 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 93 Write 107 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 72 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 84%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 172 183 178 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 174 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 179 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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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	266x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	221x

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	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	45x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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