MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '16 at 07:04
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 716 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 125 Parallax 120 100% 123 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 110 Splatting 112 91% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 447GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4640 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 773 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 68 1 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9435042339
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung PM871 mSATA 512GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 447GB free Firmware: EMT43D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 149 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1553 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2323768867 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1015965161
Poor: 57% Great: 108%
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (AF) Unknown 0 0 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 2 2 77431 (B2) Unknown 0 0 0 (B3) Unknown 0 0 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1440 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 270839 (F2) Unknown 100 100 100680	102% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 424 Mixed 435 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 36.7 139% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 89.8 130% 243 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126347936 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 50 90211684326 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 67 67 33 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12870 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 47244640289 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116625541956863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8409939544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10790096255	77.5% Very good	Read 152 Write 119 Mixed 128 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 85%

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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 $90Bench 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: $778

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16