MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 19:12
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 478 63% 475 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 109 Parallax 89.2 79% 98.6 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 91.8 74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 429GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 15 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 198520952	110% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 416 Mixed 431 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 43.2 164% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 117 141% 248 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9758688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 135884175321681 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2379 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 273 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 56 1009320984612 (C2) HDA temperature 36 56 1009320984612 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9758688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9758688 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9758688 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38834 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38736 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38736 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22039	42.6% Average	Read 182 Write 81.1 Mixed 105 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 12.1 90% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 28.3 42% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 73%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 1TB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 670GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 127 3433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2332 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 223814 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 121 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 103%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 882GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 102 Write 17.1 Mixed 24.5 45% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.24 24% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) Builds (Compare 78 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	17x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	11x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16