MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	105% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 14:38
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 646 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.5 85% 105 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 88 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 156 154 149 91 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 477 Mixed 397 SusWrite 163 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.2 191% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 121GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 578 444 386 388 387 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 542 Mixed 593 SusWrite 460 129% 576 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 80.2 265% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 1,030 679% 804 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 226GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 139 140 141 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 172 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 140 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	47x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	6x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 59%, 1,459 samples	3x

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Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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