MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	85.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 11:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 696 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 93% 113 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 87.4 77% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 813GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 2000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10485 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 57 184684511260 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23339603597 (F7) Unknown 100 100 729828885 (F8) Unknown 100 100 112355475	85.7% Excellent	Read 460 Write 393 Mixed 141 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 24.1 123% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 31.6 59% 112 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 104%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 227GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^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 4493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1258 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 173 (AE) Unknown 100 100 241 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2562 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 171799609371 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 38448378487 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1121020706 (F8) Unknown 100 100 725682451	94.3% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 389 Mixed 303 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 33.6 142% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 80.3 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 61.5 71% 117 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 150GB free, PID ab26 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 110 Write 119 Mixed 61.8 121% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 53%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 47GB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 58.7 Mixed 33 62% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.35 57% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL10 4GB 4x4GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 27.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	47x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	6x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 59%, 1,459 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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