MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	69%

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 Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 125 56% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 105 8-Core 162 16% 133 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 67.1 56% 68.3 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 55.5 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6 Pro 128GB-$161 708 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 1004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1580 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1185 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 56815 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 880 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7101 (F1) Unknown 100 100 172114 (F2) Unknown 100 100 209224	78.2% Very good	Read 516 Write 314 Mixed 382 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 27.5 109% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 99.1 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 39.3 52% 91.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 103%
Apple HDD HTS541010A9E662 1TB 4,614 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 547GB free Firmware: JA0AB5D0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 11252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 11845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 6152 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4294967444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 597994 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274511396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 200 200 36 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 15	46.5% Average	Read 88.1 Write 74.2 Mixed 70.7 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.12 34% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 2x8GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 16.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) Builds (Compare 77 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	27x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	17x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	11x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $866

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