MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

27 days ago, 27 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '20 at 12:12
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$209 208,325 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 593 67% 512 Pts	64-Core 588 40% 588 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 118,990 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 76.9 61% 79.6 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.2 61% 73.5 fps
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 67%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 480GB-$120 727 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2010370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 404 394 387 413 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 338 Write 411 Mixed 302 SusWrite 385 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35.2 138% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 259 198% 269 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 9,736 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 21GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 14 16 12 18 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 142 Write 99 Mixed 109 SusWrite 26.4 118% 94 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 4.4 292% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
DDR3 1600 8G Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 1600 8G Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 59%

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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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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) - $220

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $164Bench 71%, 200,551 samples	362x
Core i7-4790Intel $209Bench 77%, 208,325 samples	307x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 327,484 samples	280x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 642,081 samples	376x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 34%, 339,830 samples	165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	147x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 102%, 737,528 samples	113x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	63x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $66Bench 54%, 288,315 samples	56x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 64,502 samples	96x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 83,026 samples	72x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 38,833 samples	59x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i3-10100F $132	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16