MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 14:31
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 416 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 166 Parallax 166 146% 171 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 149 Splatting 108 116% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe 128GB-$93 664 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 320 309 331 330 330 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 585 Write 328 Mixed 298 SusWrite 323 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 42 136% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 243 214% 320 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 164GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 427 444 444 452 454 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 429 Mixed 396 SusWrite 440 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 51.1 172% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 304 245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 121%
SAMSUNG HD154UI 1.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 450GB free, PID 0731 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 79 81 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.4% Below average	Read 96.5 Write 48.7 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 80.7 86% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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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%

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Workstation 35%

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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	223x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	282x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	132x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16