MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920x1200x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 13:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 684 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 212 Parallax 189 158% 199 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 188 Splatting 126 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8466 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1621 (B1) Unknown 99 99 58 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 136 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27765447215	112% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 481 Mixed 493 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.6 168% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 121 128% 210 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 144GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3602 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (64) Unknown 100 100 566080 (65) Unknown 100 100 177472 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 87 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2709 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 141734314010 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 694 (EA) Unknown 100 100 539 (F1) Unknown 100 100 638 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7625 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	69.7% Good	Read 465 Write 263 Mixed 147 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 12.6 91% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 24.5 66% 143 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89696160 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30944096 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1612 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 4765909019 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27000 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 -140737488355301 (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 -108654082646976 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40171242506 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52363527009	106% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 174 Mixed 177 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 26.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 86%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 56%

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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