MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150108
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 443 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 75.5 66% 78.6 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 211GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9351 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2130 (B1) Unknown 97 97 34 (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 75 58 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 341 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23273544445	67% Good	Read 481 Write 224 Mixed 339 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 15.8 71% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 12 85% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 118%
Crucial_CT250MX200SSD6 250GB 630 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 100 100 765 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 36 274879021083 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5623330276 (F7) Unknown 100 100 175857236 (F8) Unknown 100 100 55694508	64.7% Good	Read 501 Write 383 Mixed 408 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 11.3 68% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 45.3 DQ Mixed 64.5 40% 44 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 26.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 77%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920) Builds (Compare 36 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97I GAMING ACK (MS-7920)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
ssd 512GBBench 73%, 4,609 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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 $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 $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