MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 19:02
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 132 63% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 529 69% 522 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.7 86% 107 fps	MRender 77.4 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 104 78% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G5SA754D117-511 240GB 486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 100 100 954 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1091 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 212 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 161061 (A5) Unknown 100 100 139 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 79 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11896 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8249	101% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 352 Mixed 416 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35.7 153% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 65 106% 200 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 158 158 21499281825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 959 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 959 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 184684707878 (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	85.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 118 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.47 133% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 23.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 71%

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	27x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	17x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	11x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $870

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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