MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 17:12
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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)	75.4% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 358 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.5 38% 43.2 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1542 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1067 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 203 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293804 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3152	62.6% Good	Read 502 Write 245 Mixed 325 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 7.87 72% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 22.5 54% 113 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 187GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 88 146360144 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30646930 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1740 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 353 (BC) Unknown 100 97 13 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15404 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 94489280541 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -100231651784810 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12314723222 (F2) Unknown 100 253 335729503271	99% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 168 Mixed 164 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 2x4GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $273	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