MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	55.3% 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	63.1% 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 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '15 at 02:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 116 2-Core 233 79% 175 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 467 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2343) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.502.1014.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 78.6 56% 69.5 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 78.3 55% 65.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26828399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 63136019251603 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 64 55838769183 (C2) HDA temperature 31 64 55838769183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26828399 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26828399 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26828399 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 990 (EA) Unknown 0 0 992 (F1) Unknown 0 0 992 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1438 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2621465	63.1% Good	Read 462 Write 165 Mixed 257 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 10.3 111% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 46.7 44% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS542580K9SA00 80GB-$55 612 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 74GB free Firmware: BBBOC3BP Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3559 (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 93 93 3194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 874 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 140147 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 266288824350 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	24.8% Poor	Read 42.6 Write 43.5 Mixed 40.1 32% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 25%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
ssd 512GBBench 73%, 4,609 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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