MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 16:23
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 662 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 158 Parallax 147 124% 152 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1657 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1145 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 71 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26753591663
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6756 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3237 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (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 76 41 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 667 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14807269407	94.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 343 Mixed 337 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 24.1 140% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 62 107% 212 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6273 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2909 (B1) Unknown 96 96 47 (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 76 41 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 506 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12727594315	94% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 344 Mixed 317 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 23.8 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 63.3 107% 210 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6756 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3234 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (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 76 43 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 663 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14823416176	88.9% Excellent	Read 487 Write 345 Mixed 338 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 24 140% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 59.7 75% 131 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 736GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 85 (03) Spinup time 172 100 30086857035 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 25 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5480 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 65536 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 927762022404 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 471662621 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15292 (C2) HDA temperature 206 122 210454118429 (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 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 91.6 Mixed 91.6 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 85%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 202 140 11858 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 213117 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.6% Good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.46 119% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 500GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40.4 Write 39.6 Mixed 38.4 51% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns

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Gaming 66%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 56%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	71x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
MX100 256GBCrucial $116Bench 83%, 55,768 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 56%, 2,161 samples	4x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,026

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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