MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	57.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7846
Motherboard	MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150812
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '24 at 22:04
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 184 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 305 39% 295 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8912) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 110 Parallax 124 115% 125 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 101 Splatting 96.2 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 86 93 92 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 274 Write 123 Mixed 165 SusWrite 90.9 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 33 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 90.7 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 91 74% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 73%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 441GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 339 426 430 397 380 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 345 Write 428 Mixed 379 SusWrite 382 87% 383 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 47.8 159% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 157 174% 293 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 149 150 152 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 84 SusWrite 150 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 8GB 383 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	24"	1280 720	DELA068 DELL ST2420L

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Typical H97M-E35 (MS-7846) Builds (Compare 302 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) - $80

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	55x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	40x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	12x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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