MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	40.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '20 at 14:40
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 513 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.7 87% 105 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512M9PeG 512GB 900 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 79 100 98 109 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 1,026 Write 141 Mixed 212 SusWrite 99 79% 370 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 36.5 133% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 609 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 183 185% 313 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 252%
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 124GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 307 372 344 314 378 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 424 Mixed 306 SusWrite 348 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 33.8 128% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 226 194% 283 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 101%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$60 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 95GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 82.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 71.3 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 71%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 4TB 114GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 88 88 88 87 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 77 SusWrite 86.9 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 125 122 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 123 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 264GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 113 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 295GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 86 95 103 99 86 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 83.3 Write 102 Mixed 40 SusWrite 93.2 108% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 51%
WDC WD25 00AAKS-00VYA0 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 7GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.3% Very poor	Read 37 Write 37 Mixed 29 SusWrite 4.8 35% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%
ST325031 0AS 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 189GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 39 Write 41.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 37.4 51% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 37%
SDXC Card 128GB 9,908 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 107GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 20.3 Write 19.8 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 20 27% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.4 226% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G ACR16D3LU1KFG/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 32GB 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns

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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	305x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	270x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	284x
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 $85Bench 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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