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MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	86.3% 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	22.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (58%). 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	14.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '23 at 18:49
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$50 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.4% Average	Memory 57.8 1-Core 22.9 2-Core 55.4 31% 45.4 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 477 38% 333 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$267 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Device(7377 1501) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 126 Parallax 126 85% 118 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 94.4 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 90 65 63 38 30 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.3% Poor	Read 278 Write 210 Mixed 74 SusWrite 76.2 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 6.6 21% 6.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 56%
Emtec X300 128GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 119GB free Firmware: EDFMB0.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 341 388 384 374 384 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 466 Write 406 Mixed 445 SusWrite 372 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 13.7 55% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 382 248% 287 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 186%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 80GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 106 110 90 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 20.2 Write 104 Mixed 30 SusWrite 101 46% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 107%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$33 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 107 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 102 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 105 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%
Samsung P3 Portable 500GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 63GB free, PID 61c3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 54.7 Write 24.5 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 32.9 40% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 58% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 0420 0420 20GB 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.8% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	68	55	60	59.4"	1280 720	NVS10DE NV Surround

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Typical H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 1,569 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	309x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	275x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	228x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	133x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	72x
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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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $365