MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 11:39
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 195 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 376 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 401B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3382 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 89 66% 85.4 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 66.3 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 179 193 282 196 201 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 291 Write 107 Mixed 107 SusWrite 208 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 12.5 56% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 20.6 DQ Mixed 18.8 14% 19.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 100%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 325 324 326 328 329 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 322 Mixed 290 SusWrite 308 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.8 144% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 180 153% 219 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 325GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 141 141 138 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 146 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 136 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50% Average	Read 86.6 Write 84.4 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 87.3 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 722GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 120 121 121 121 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 96.2 Write 118 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 118 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1 148% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix DMT451E6MFR8C-H9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 DMT451E6AFR8C-H9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.1% 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%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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