MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$65 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 570 55% 452 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 45 39% 49.5 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 48 Splatting 62.6 46% 55.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3039 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2812 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1776 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 57 184684380198 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15729543603 (F7) Unknown 100 100 496592822 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1326402904	82.6% Excellent	Read 524 Write 184 Mixed 260 70% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 28.7 134% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 19.1 72% 162 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 89%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 49GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3251 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1874 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 529103 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	43% Average	Read 256 Write 106 Mixed 152 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 6.59 74% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 48 57% 101 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 46%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 100 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25810436651 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1166 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 137 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2772 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2772 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 223339151402 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 120 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	58.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 103 Mixed 100 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 679GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209162040 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37305961 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23624 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 42949672994 (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 -134840498255783 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42573184357 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2814211846452	87.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 144 Mixed 145 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0423 Team--Elite-1333 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns

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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 $94Bench 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 $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