MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '16 at 17:26
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 123 2-Core 266 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 696 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 86.4 53% 69.9 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 54 Splatting 77.4 54% 63.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5281 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 891 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (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 70 48 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 256 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14417128889	98.3% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 480 Mixed 498 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 28.1 152% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 25.6 35% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 164 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 359 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28059 (C2) HDA temperature 123 98 27 (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	76.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 123 Mixed 120 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.29 113% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 2x8GB 2,124 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) Builds (Compare 58 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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 $94Bench 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 $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 $45	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