MSI H97I AC (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H97I AC (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	22.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 01:04
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 198 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 371 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7851) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.56 3% 5.67 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.65 5% 6.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 SATA M.2 256GB 2,750 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: MA01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1932 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 45 236224315439 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3413033740 (F7) Unknown 100 100 107982415 (F8) Unknown 100 100 201054200	79.2% Very good	Read 511 Write 308 Mixed 310 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 21.4 104% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 26.7 70% 145 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 110%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 31.5 Write 70.2 Mixed 36.7 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.18 44% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 67%
Toshiba MK7559GSXF 750GB 1,514 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 355GB free Firmware: GQ108B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2036 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3120 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 8967 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6979 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1548 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 1539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 520309 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043659820 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 194 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 71 (DE) Loaded hours 82 82 7231 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 234 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1013	29.4% Poor	Read 51 Write 51.7 Mixed 45.8 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.09 19% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 97%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI H97I AC (MS-7851)

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	13x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	10x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
BX100 250GBCrucial $141Bench 87%, 42,930 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $633

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