MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	103% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 23:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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)	74.6% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 90 2-Core 184 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 331 46% 340 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 106% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 109 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 668967180	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 402 Mixed 417 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 44.1 163% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 69.4 85% 146 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 134 12225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 804 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 629 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 42 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 138 Mixed 136 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 186 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3194 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 954 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 407293 (C2) HDA temperature 109 89 38 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 79.5 Write 81.9 Mixed 73.8 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%
ST2000DM001-1E61 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 691GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.9% Good	Read 103 Write 144 Mixed 85.1 145% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 7.02 4K Mixed 0.45 256% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133C11 Series 1302 2133C11 Series 1302 1600LL Series 1302 1600LL Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

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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	266x
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	119x

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	40x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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