MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

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	16 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 19:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$45 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 204 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 508 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.3 84% 103 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 101 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 209 191 107 92 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 473 Mixed 328 SusWrite 175 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.6 182% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 326 255% 351 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 31GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 42 54 42 54 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 502 Write 406 Mixed 417 SusWrite 93.6 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 14.8 4K Mixed 6.4 63% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 12.1 32% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 196GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 58 53 48 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 12.2 Write 54.3 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 50.6 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 196 195 194 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 192 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 194 107% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 13.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 52%

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

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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	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 $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