MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7918
MotherboardMSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)  (all builds)
Memory18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150825
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 11 '18 at 13:43
Run Duration285 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Memory 88
1-Core 108
2-Core 218
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 524
57% 451 Pts
64-Core 562
35% 562 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 196
Parallax 195
141% 188 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 172
Splatting 126
115% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
66.3% Good
Read 379
Write 179
Mixed 224
57% 261 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 12.7
106% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 46.6
84% 163 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 66.3%
Great: 86%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141
32GB free
Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 359
Mixed 427
96% 431 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 94.6
4K Mixed 35.9
136% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 31.6
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 64
76% 123 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 103%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Read 148
Write 152
Mixed 144
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.89
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.21
101% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
53% Above average
Read 100
Write 84.2
Mixed 86.9
68% 90.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 1.91
4K Mixed 0.18
79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 53%
Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
838GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 95.9
Write 99.6
Mixed 94.1
73% 96.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.84
4K Write 1.85
4K Mixed 0.29
101% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40
109GB free
Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 102
Write 93.2
Mixed 88.3
71% 94.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 2.47
4K Mixed 0.39
118% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB
1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.4% Average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 15.6
48% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 13.8
40% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 69.5
58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 48.4%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 1,518 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $220

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $868
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