MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	148% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 16:18
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 422 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus Radeon RX Vega 340 User benchmarks, average bench 85% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.3.1 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 107 Parallax 156 81% 121 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 117 Splatting 74.8 76% 94.3 fps
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN580 1TB 3,493 User benchmarks, average bench 466% 772GB free (System drive) Firmware: 281010WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 640 642 661 662 662 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 658 Write 664 Mixed 607 SusWrite 648 145% 644 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 51.7 176% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 545 DQ Mixed 607 458% 617 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 598%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 64%

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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	67	55	60	60"	1280 720	SHP105D SHARP HDMI

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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	267x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	283x
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 $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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