MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 687 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 44.2 Parallax 39.4 38% 43.5 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 339GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1091 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1310732 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 462 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 261994053668 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 129 (EA) Unknown 100 100 141 (F1) Unknown 253 253 137 (F2) Unknown 253 253 129 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 487 Write 218 Mixed 263 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 20.1 126% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 46 98% 203 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 107%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19087595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -73804718014234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 50 64427786270 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 64427786270 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19087595 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19087595 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19087595 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962527 (EA) Unknown 0 0 162 (F1) Unknown 0 0 162 (F2) Unknown 0 0 305 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7995493	49.4% Average	Read 440 Write 164 Mixed 209 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 8.57 53% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 50.4 65% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3836 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 673 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 110352 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.4% Excellent	Read 167 Write 144 Mixed 133 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 181 5716 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 150399 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 134 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%

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 (71^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $797

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