MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	154% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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	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 (19%). 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 04:27
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 189 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 395 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Lighting 229 Reflection 210 Parallax 221 187% 220 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 155 Splatting 137 130% 163 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 441 517 521 503 519 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 581 Write 478 Mixed 504 SusWrite 476 115% 510 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 69 217% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 622 DQ Mixed 967 652% 791 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 355%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 297 347 357 348 360 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 412 Mixed 342 SusWrite 325 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 54.6 172% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 246 216% 324 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 773GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 97 94 97 97 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 78.4 Write 83.9 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 94.9 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 138 138 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 94.3 Write 69.5 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 138 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 63%

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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	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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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