MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94% 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.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 19:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 583 57% 469 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 73 61% 74.3 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 72.7 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hypertec SSD2S480FS-L 480GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0330C SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 379 426 431 428 430 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 417 Mixed 299 SusWrite 382 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.9 128% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 228 188% 265 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 157GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 223 227 217 218 218 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 378 Mixed 293 SusWrite 215 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 41.7 157% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 247 204% 293 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 161 162 162 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 120 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 158 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 96%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: AY000U SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 88 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 78.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 88 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 61%

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 (89^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97I AC (MS-7851) - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	15x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x

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: 62% - Good

Total price: $782

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363