MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 22:01
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (99^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 459 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 78 Parallax 67.7 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.2 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 256GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 182GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 271 270 272 272 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 274 Mixed 281 SusWrite 270 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.3 156% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 189 166% 248 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 95%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 77 72 80 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 451 Write 299 Mixed 290 SusWrite 106 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 20.4 84% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 42.5 47% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851) - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	45x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	15x
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	10x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	7x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16