MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.57% 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	40.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '20 at 08:57
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 204 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 547 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 2014) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.57% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 14.3 9% 12.4 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 14.5 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.57% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8PS7256G 256GB 5,014 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0200S110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 89 94 99 98 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 253 Write 335 Mixed 206 SusWrite 110 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 4 58% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 66.1 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 260GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 64 64 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 68 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 64.8 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 59%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 44GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 77 88 77 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 76.1 Write 76.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 73 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 55%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 196GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 20 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 33.1 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 19.1 37% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 59%
WD My Book 500GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 62GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 34.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 19.3 36% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 16GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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	267x
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	120x

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	41x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16