MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.65% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '16 at 14:00
Run Duration	89 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$80 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 416 50% 386 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 436 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2369) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 6.06 6% 7.59 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 9.35 8% 9.14 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM2OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 107 107 12897419454 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4162 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4202 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 231929217058 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37% Below average	Read 63 Write 65.7 Mixed 22.3 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 1,542 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	306x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	271x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	285x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	132x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
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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