MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	122% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 13:38
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 653 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 85% 106 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.4 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 345 347 341 344 348 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 440 Mixed 374 SusWrite 320 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.6 219% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 340 261% 355 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 128%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 88 77 69 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 190 Write 112 Mixed 140 SusWrite 76.4 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 21.2 108% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 64.2 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 98.3 73% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 13GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 99 99 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 89 Mixed 22.6 SusWrite 96.8 54% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 678GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 113 115 113 110 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 181 Write 167 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 110 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 53%

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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 $76Bench 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 $160	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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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