MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.55% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7846
Motherboard	MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 01:29
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 586 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E207) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.55% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 44.3 0% 23.6 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 32.3 25% 30.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 8.55% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 53 55 51 35 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 32.7 Write 64.5 Mixed 33 SusWrite 46.2 32% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 60%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 584GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 88.7 Mixed 67 SusWrite 91.2 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 23GB free Firmware: 3.AHH SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 44 Write 15.8 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 40 25% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 40%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 678 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3TB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 161 160 160 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 162 Write 129 Mixed 72 SusWrite 160 172% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73CB0-CK0 2x8GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 (MS-7846) - $80

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	54x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	39x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	12x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $512

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 $40	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