MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	102% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150210
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 02:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 451 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 78.6 83% 91.8 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 89.5 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 480GB-$151 269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1358 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1321 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1572970 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7893	102% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 495 Mixed 516 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 15.5 127% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 66.5 121% 238 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 178GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2072 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4029 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (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	77% Very good	Read 157 Write 111 Mixed 131 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 106GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2413 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 493 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3344 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 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	108% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 177 Mixed 148 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 52%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	9x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	2x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	2x

SSD
Premium Edition 480GBZotac $151Bench 90%, 269 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $26Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	2x

RAM
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GBG.SKILLBench 44%, 624 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 69%, 5,522 samples	2x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	2x

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Total price: $1,059

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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