MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.1% 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	139% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 20:04
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 351 47% 351 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1611 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 68.5 58% 72.5 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 61.2 56% 70.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 244 241 240 238 236 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 577 Mixed 425 SusWrite 282 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 51.6 203% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 631 495% 686 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 656GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 128 128 128 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 121 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 127 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 107 107 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 54.5 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 106 48% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 59%
WD Elements 10B8 750GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 361GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 92 91 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 66 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 91.6 100% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-014.A00LF 2x4GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%

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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 $182	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) $30	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