MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 9 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 22:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 408 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 83.8 56% 71.8 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 78.2 55% 65.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 379 402 402 392 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 476 Mixed 378 SusWrite 402 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.7 203% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 627GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 111 112 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 101 Write 114 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 110 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 747GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 169 171 172 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 196 Write 168 Mixed 66 SusWrite 171 195% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-067.A00LF 4x4GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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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 $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16