MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	154% 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	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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 22:28
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 461 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 120 Parallax 121 96% 120 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 93.1 81% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 664 Mixed 716 157% 702 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 64.8 216% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 179 187% 308 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 306%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 139GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 232 Write 661 Mixed 736 124% 543 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.2 139% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 143 191% 345 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 182%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7385566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 52793738017560 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3596 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 980 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 47247130653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7385566 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7385566 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7385566 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13506 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20146 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20146 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11797	60.6% Good	Read 358 Write 113 Mixed 158 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 15.5 113% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 40.6 62% 119 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 81%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 169GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 37 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2647 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1220 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11163 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 249109151774 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 7 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 70 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 598336	44.4% Average	Read 62.1 Write 92.4 Mixed 88.8 62% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 64GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 711513 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 29 (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	48.9% Average	Read 102 Write 68.7 Mixed 103 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 25.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 28.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 119%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16