MSI Z97A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.9% 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	114% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

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	Jul 21 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 410 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.3% 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: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 98% 120 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 86.9 79% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 447GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 975 Write 802 Mixed 915 200% 897 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 30.7 118% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 15.7 128% 296 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 182%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 690 Write 637 Mixed 680 150% 669 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 33.3 146% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 28.4 37% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 306%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 21GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3684877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -68350109535464 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2973 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 890 (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 3684877 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3684877 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3684877 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13187 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20087 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20087 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11690	56.8% Above average	Read 352 Write 126 Mixed 195 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 11.6 97% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 44.7 66% 125 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 81%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 380GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 31 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 2641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 638 (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 9115 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 249109151773 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 44 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 189747	57.1% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 109 Mixed 102 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 178GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 169 5391 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1933 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 105 105 287147 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 30 (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	63.1% Good	Read 117 Write 103 Mixed 74.5 73% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% 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 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.8% 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 $90Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $28	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