MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, 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	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 21:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 422 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 108% 132 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 127 Splatting 109 91% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH-A3 120GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: G1BC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 231 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 64 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20675 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 726 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23394 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29374	51.1% Above average	Read 462 Write 139 Mixed 212 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 2.81 76% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.5 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 2.73 25% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146001128 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 75 51 21647802377 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 538050591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23262 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 51539607583 (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 -25632364800803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 95889680195 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78866853741	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 182 Mixed 174 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.32 89% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 205 Mixed 172 146% 195 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.38 134% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 189%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%

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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	269x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	284x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	132x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	123x

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	70x
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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