MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150527
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 00:10
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th 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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 211 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 623 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.5% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 30 Parallax 56.8 37% 43.9 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 37.3 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20178 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 751 (B1) Unknown 97 97 34 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 63 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24621362372	85.2% Excellent	Read 496 Write 334 Mixed 341 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 21.3 128% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 42.5 66% 131 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 118%
SK hynix SC215 M.2 2242 32GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 12GB free Firmware: 50001L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (64) Unknown 100 100 2960130 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 370 (B2) Unknown 100 100 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 9 (B4) Unknown 100 100 327 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 0 73018572845 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11494 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7160 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2055 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	52% Above average	Read 399 Write 70.3 Mixed 119 42% 196 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 13.7 91% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 37.7 50% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 59%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579519585 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9383 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9421 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 236224249889 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 148 Mixed 143 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 92%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 137 11700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2072 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2038 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 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	67.7% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 111 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.62 165% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 96%
WD WD10EACS-00D6B1 1.5TB 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226725976 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 371084767 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3712 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065230783 (BD) vendor-specific 30 30 70 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 571867170 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 33 226725976 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2929167706932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2986173420 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2255440636	58.2% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 113 Mixed 90.1 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.94 MB/s

WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 148GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2711 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2823 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52.5% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 92.3 Mixed 95 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 61GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7808 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10363 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45538 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1266 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 60952 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 851972 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 25 (C2) HDA temperature 154 91 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 60952 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2584 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 477	31.6% Below average	Read 49.9 Write 60.1 Mixed 68.4 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 56%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	70x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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