MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% 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	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	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 (85^th 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-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 601 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 76.9 61% 79.6 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.2 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 480GB-$151 1,069 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 (76^th 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: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 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 (98^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: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 38%

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 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	304x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	266x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	221x

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	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	40x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $868

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16