MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 07:36
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 556 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 255A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 27.2 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 32.3 22% 29.6 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 34.3 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^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 8287 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 533 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 94 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 46 231929151540 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16878095120 (F7) Unknown 100 100 535363927 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1058743135	90.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 327 Mixed 260 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 27.6 133% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 46.6 87% 172 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387591593 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2123 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2276 (C2) HDA temperature 103 103 270583791674 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.1% Good	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 32.4 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 508GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 600 (03) Spinup time 156 155 5191 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4526 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2458 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4525 (C2) HDA temperature 86 81 61 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 192 0 (F0) Head flying hours 49 49 37411 (F1) Unknown 200 200 17800028935 (F2) Unknown 200 200 40767312876	47.9% Average	Read 74.2 Write 92.4 Mixed 54 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GLK64V6H 2x8GB 1,052 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% 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	266x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	221x

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	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	40x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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