MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 208 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 647 62% 513 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 60.4 39% 47 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 40.1 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 818 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9255802308793 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 225 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 29 304942678055 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3195474739944 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4867 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21333 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7230 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9016 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.2% Above average	Read 492 Write 158 Mixed 368 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 0.04 58% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 4.55 44% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54300808 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119208527 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 488243226 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44681 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 60129542170 (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 105827994178214 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36438159147 (F2) Unknown 100 253 942420743194	83.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 140 Mixed 115 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 53GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790316857 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3530 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8508 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8508 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 206159413276 (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 200 200 11	60.7% Good	Read 112 Write 99.2 Mixed 88.3 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.33 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 2x4GB 3,045 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.9% 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	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 $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	40x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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