MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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 Drive	86.7% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 06:29
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 632 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3769) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 196 Parallax 191 140% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 169 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20359 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 778 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (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 59 44 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25067420854	86.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 339 Mixed 339 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 23 128% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 59.4 78% 148 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.7% 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 (72^nd 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 5961 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (64) Unknown 100 100 2962857 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 371 (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 54 0 73018572854 (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 11505 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7169 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2098 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	52.4% Above average	Read 404 Write 70.6 Mixed 120 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 13.9 92% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 34.8 48% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.4% 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 way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 134 134 51575259741 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9583 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 236224249898 (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	88.2% Excellent	Read 162 Write 146 Mixed 135 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 137 11750 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2169 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2130 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 30 (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	78.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 137 Mixed 151 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.31 111% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 96%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 155GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2830 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2934 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 88.5 Mixed 88.7 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.4% 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 (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7680 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10516 (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 45678 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1293 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 219242 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 851972 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C2) HDA temperature 127 91 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 219242 (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 99 492	32.5% Below average	Read 51.4 Write 61.9 Mixed 71.1 47% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.5% 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 (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 86%

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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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Total price: $1,026

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