MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140717
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 04:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 592 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 52.9 35% 45.1 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 37.2 38% 47.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3206311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 122277718921921 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2442 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 63 68723605538 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3206311 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3206311 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3206311 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9711 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12746 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12746 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7948	65.3% Good	Read 447 Write 221 Mixed 173 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 21.1 114% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1.02 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 0.48 2% 5.32 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 690GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 1758 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5197 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2439 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5175 (C2) HDA temperature 111 85 32 (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	93.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 157 Mixed 144 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.26 117% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 108%
WD 3200BMV External 320GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 126GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 40.5 Mixed 12 36% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% 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 $283Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $879

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	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