MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 12:41
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 612 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 72.9 64% 77.4 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 63.7 57% 70.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 425 409 400 406 400 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 398 Mixed 321 SusWrite 409 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.1 184% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 352 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 78 90 89 94 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 356 Write 129 Mixed 181 SusWrite 92.5 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 32.4 131% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93.8 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 96.1 76% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 466GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 76 75 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 76 Write 73.5 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 75.7 48% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 96% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 197 201 200 201 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 176 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 198 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	282x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	132x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x

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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16