MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics138% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7918
MotherboardMSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)  (all builds)
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141224
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateJun 03 '22 at 16:17
Run Duration238 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 81.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 208
75% 133 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 458
54% 419 Pts
64-Core 563
35% 563 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
138% Outstanding
Lighting 197
Reflection 187
Parallax 196
160% 193 fps
MRender 180
Gravity 143
Splatting 128
120% 150 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 138%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 206
Write 193
Mixed 203
45% 201 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 20.5
99% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 160
113% 141 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
653GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 154 153 153 154 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Read 146
Write 147
Mixed 82.9
SusWrite 152
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 109%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149
110GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 65 65 65 64 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
34.9% Below average
Read 57.2
Write 59.3
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 64.2
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 34.9%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB
1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
51.7% Above average
MC Read 18.5
MC Write 18.8
MC Mixed 17.2
52% 18.2 GB/s
SC Read 10.9
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 15.4
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 78.2
51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) Builds (Compare 1,517 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $868
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