MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (68%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 22:41
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$40 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Memory 52.2 1-Core 30.5 2-Core 77.3 33% 53.3 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 166 17% 139 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 61.6 54% 65.3 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 53.2 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1633 (A5) Unknown 100 100 429577405432 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 58 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 260 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 54 231929085992 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4754584372307 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4314 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10565 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7092 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11009 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.3% Very good	Read 455 Write 313 Mixed 282 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 9.87 93% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 8.87 70% 165 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147923472 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5078 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6123052 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35301 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 47244640287 (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 -131211250891723 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7843933129 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7921448262	64.9% Good	Read 125 Write 101 Mixed 115 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 14.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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	222x

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	120x

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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16