MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.4% 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	107% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 20:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 451 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 95% 115 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 105 Splatting 96.1 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 103 107 91 102 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 492 Mixed 321 SusWrite 129 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 55 203% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 176 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 362GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 238 236 241 248 228 MB/s Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	77.4% Very good	Read 252 Write 160 Mixed 213 SusWrite 235 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 41.4 142% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 170 136% 190 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 95 94 94 93 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 202 Write 178 Mixed 106 SusWrite 93.6 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 293GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 147 145 146 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 154 Write 155 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 146 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $86Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16