MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '21 at 13:01
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 168 76% 125 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 514 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 191 Parallax 177 130% 176 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 169 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 399 Mixed 376 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 52.9 180% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 352 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 112GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 116 118 116 117 117 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 83.9 Mixed 50 SusWrite 115 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 21.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 24: 3R 2G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
24%	16%	50	107	5	144	34"	2293 960	IVM761A PL3466WQ

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Typical Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920) Builds (Compare 36 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16