MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	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 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	102% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 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	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 20:24
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	24%

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 i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 516 61% 470 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 67 40% 49.9 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 41 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC81605 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 434 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1443 (B1) Unknown 100 100 107086 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 363 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 59576 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 198142 (F2) Unknown 100 100 175641	102% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 419 Mixed 441 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 38.8 147% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 22 86% 191 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 550GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8210 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 27581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1123 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 1 1 152 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1278 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 437518362 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 521404447 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 767953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 10153 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.7 Mixed 99.2 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.44 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 374GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2743 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 700 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 23046 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 206158430236 (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 67 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	34% Below average	Read 75.7 Write 42.8 Mixed 36.4 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 107GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 116 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6681 (05) Reallocated sector count 78 78 969 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5179 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6342 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 154 154 46 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 45	39.5% Below average	Read 76.9 Write 60.9 Mixed 93.3 59% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD32G13332 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX 1302 PSD32G13332 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX 12GB 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns

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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