MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.3% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 14:58
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 662 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 87.1 84% 95.2 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 81.4 75% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT120M500SSD4 120GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 127 127 125 126 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 392 Write 136 Mixed 196 SusWrite 128 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.1 124% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 154 124% 179 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 77%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 43GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 145 145 144 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 464 Mixed 304 SusWrite 176 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49.7 177% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 174 181% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
WDC WDS100T1R0A-68A4W0 1TB 564 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 817GB free Firmware: 411000WR SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 437 452 450 450 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 401 Mixed 372 SusWrite 443 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49.1 172% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 256 218% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 320GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 102 104 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 104 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 69%
Maxtor 6V300F0 300GB 1,297 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 45GB free Firmware: VA111900 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 49 43 45 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 48.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 53.7 33% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.1 121% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 39%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 11GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 23 11 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	9.81% Terrible	Read 34.5 Write 12 Mixed 26 SusWrite 19.9 29% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.81% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

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

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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