MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.7% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150210
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 14:24
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 510 62% 474 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 72.5 60% 73.3 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 59.1 55% 68.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 217GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9780163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -100880191847557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1274 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 231 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 43 55837392928 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 55837392928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9780163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9780163 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9780163 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 51539607552 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2345 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3251 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3251 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3615 (F4) Unknown 99 99 2752543	52.9% Above average	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 135 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.1 102% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 40.7 62% 117 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7921 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 904 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12978108561	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 47.4 182% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 115 145% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15839 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2205 (B1) Unknown 81 81 220 (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 57 48 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 902 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60049916494	74.9% Very good	Read 367 Write 252 Mixed 252 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 23.1 124% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 58.4 79% 146 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 571GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56556928 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12981192515 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2039 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 14 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 26324959265 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 644 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 155590 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 176093667728 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63083703058 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74162731590	94.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 165 Mixed 147 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0423 Team-Elite-1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 66%

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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	70x
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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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,026

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 $184	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) $35	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