MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive136% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7926
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)  (all builds)
Memory4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 11 '16 at 06:53
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User ECU-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 97.4
1-Core 128
2-Core 248
90% 158 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 673
67% 545 Pts
64-Core 675
42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 151
Parallax 143
116% 145 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 136
Splatting 111
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290
324GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
136% Outstanding
Read 767
Write 703
Mixed 775
167% 748 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 97.4
4K Mixed 42.4
156% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 404
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 149
159% 267 MB/s
Poor: 114%
This bench: 136%
Great: 241%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
1TB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Read 152
Write 130
Mixed 98.7
94% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.49
4K Mixed 0.19
70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 992093 (997093) 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.3% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 22.6
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 23.4
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 48.7
82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) Builds (Compare 99 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) - $430

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $1,026
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