MSI H97I AC (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H97I AC (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3-$170 4,850 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 370 45% 346 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P4600 2,141 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7851) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4703 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 7.94 4% 6.71 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 9 6% 7.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Torch LE 120GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 112GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 118 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9	98.8% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 463 Mixed 496 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14.5 124% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 64.3 119% 236 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 98%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th 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 6275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2247 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 121 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 83 61 167504314385 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9901175139 (F7) Unknown 100 100 317320491 (F8) Unknown 100 100 694704447	88% Excellent	Read 528 Write 188 Mixed 278 72% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 33.2 147% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 50.3 92% 185 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2013)-$55 4,092 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 218GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 141 783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 933 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41869 (C2) HDA temperature 127 86 16 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 7174 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8547581406 (F2) Unknown 200 200 12442081081 (FE) Unknown 168 168 32	34% Below average	Read 79.2 Write 39.2 Mixed 47.3 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x4GB 3,047 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 64%

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Typical H97I AC (MS-7851) Builds (Compare 75 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI H97I AC (MS-7851)

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	13x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	10x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
BX100 250GBCrucial $141Bench 87%, 42,930 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16