MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	111% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 14:33
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 392 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 3001) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.6.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.6% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 55.9 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 34.1 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3375 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 656 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9758756129	111% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 405 Mixed 412 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 46.3 172% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 116 133% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
FM-25S3-120GBP3 120GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 5GB free Firmware: GS504 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2484663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 101137889890968 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 74 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2484663 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2484663 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2484663 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1767 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1671 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1671 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1663	53% Above average	Read 200 Write 127 Mixed 150 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 15.6 108% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 39.4 56% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 874GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20545824 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85112578 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 538443807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25797 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 77408195584263 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29340644788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13724652818	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 180 Mixed 170 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $179	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