MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7918
Motherboard	MSI H97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (all builds)
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '23 at 06:50
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 218 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 554 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1350) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 113 Parallax 76.6 66% 90.1 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 59.8 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3SSD8 1TB 44,174 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 827GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 957 1026 1059 976 1058 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,186 Write 1,304 Mixed 1259 SusWrite 940 264% 1,172 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 80.7 270% 98.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,018 DQ Write 758 DQ Mixed 867 654% 881 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 394%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 461GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 305 302 309 304 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 460 SusWrite 288 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 61.9 204% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 130%
Realtek RTL9210 NVME 240GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 196GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 330 Write 338 Mixed 283 SusWrite 91 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 29.1 94% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 24.2 49% 99.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 32GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 83%

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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	222x

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	119x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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