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MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI Z97I GAMING AC (MS-7920) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 07:01
Run Duration	81 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 111 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 613 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 41 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7920) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5144 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 12.9 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 16.3 10% 14.3 fps	MRender 14.8 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 21 14% 16.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$87 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,665 Write 1,307 Mixed 429 249% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.3 181% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 514 412% 581 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 28.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 71%

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 66%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	33x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	11x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	12x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	6x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $875

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Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370