MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	100% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 19:05
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 585 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2770 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 192 Parallax 167 143% 178 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 177 Splatting 120 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 296GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1188 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 52 206159020064 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2112846327 (F7) Unknown 100 100 66058485 (F8) Unknown 100 100 15180595 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1934 (D2) Unknown 100 100 24	86.5% Excellent	Read 483 Write 336 Mixed 339 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 26.6 115% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 45.7 95% 196 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 99%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 100 100 432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1255 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 74 (A3) Unknown 100 100 17 (A4) Unknown 100 100 52334 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 226454 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 253768 (F2) Unknown 100 100 185211 (F5) Unknown 100 100 418672	100% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 366 Mixed 434 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.1 146% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 71 113% 215 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 128 Mixed 105 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 3.95 4K Mixed 0.38 142% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 690GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 166 2450 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1492 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1255 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1463 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 187 Mixed 130 126% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.32 117% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% 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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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