MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	84.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	22.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '16 at 07:50
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 205 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 391 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 115 Parallax 115 95% 116 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.3 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 173GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 770 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4376303388	112% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 399 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 46.5 173% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 135 150% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 84GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 85 85 16882852 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 -129347235052258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 85 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16882852 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16882852 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16882852 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25980 (EA) Unknown 0 0 31657 (F1) Unknown 0 0 31657 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39381	45.7% Average	Read 193 Write 81.8 Mixed 107 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 13.1 97% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 27.3 43% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 56%
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD 240GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	84.2% Excellent	Read 689 Write 309 Mixed 384 101% 461 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 16.3 95% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 72.8 98% 176 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 64486896 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 234045194 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 723124261 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 4391 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1269 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 42 64486896 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 149 Write 158 Mixed 158 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.3 125% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 119%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 116GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 139 Write 37.3 Mixed 48.6 77% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.88 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.55 80% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 71%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) Builds (Compare 99 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $80Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	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