MSI H97I AC (MS-7851)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.1% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H97I AC (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '16 at 21:45
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 378 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 68.9 57% 72 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 60 55% 68.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 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 98 98 5954 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1393 (B1) Unknown 98 98 80 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18106890268
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
WD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 163 4558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12146 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 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	75.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 121 Mixed 125 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 364GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101128684 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4305422945 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2864 (B7) Unknown 1 1 129 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 61 30129390610 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 17 101128684 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 97 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86741159486657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1833540178 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2034077142	52.4% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 85 Mixed 87.4 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.28 68% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Backup+ SL 1TB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 269GB free, PID a003 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 73.1 Mixed 27.9 68% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.34 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1x8GB 974 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 11 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 35%

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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%

Sail boat

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 $52Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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