MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	140% 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.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 18:53
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 709 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3052 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.02 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 180 Parallax 194 119% 173 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 177 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 287 429 380 448 450 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,413 Write 1,134 Mixed 437 SusWrite 387 187% 843 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 16.3 131% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 56.3 162% 360 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 248%
ST31000524AS 960GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 894GB free Firmware: 02000008 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 322 298 311 311 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 430 Mixed 356 SusWrite 309 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 41.7 156% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 216 188% 278 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 106%
Samsung 850 PRO 512GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 576GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 16 22 19 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 69.8 Write 59 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 18.6 11% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 3% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 136%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 157GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 328 304 319 319 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 483 Mixed 389 SusWrite 316 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.1 186% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 576GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 24 31 29 26 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 179 Write 142 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 27.7 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.5 276% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 4x8GB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

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

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Typical H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 1,521 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	222x

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	119x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $269	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