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MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '22 at 18:41
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$104 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 519 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 56.3 36% 49.2 fps	MRender 45.7 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 32.8 32% 40.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 35%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$47 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 807GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 73 97 110 122 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 163 Write 115 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 103 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 6,401 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 61%

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Typical H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 1,598 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	310x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	283x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	296x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	132x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	81x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	41x

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