MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '16 at 01:25
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 439 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% MSI(1462 2770) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 59.1 38% 45.9 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 40.2 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 47GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11451 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 124 (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 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 585754672	85.4% Excellent	Read 484 Write 343 Mixed 222 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 20.7 119% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 59.8 91% 175 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103965432 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2254216 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9042 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 605880356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8944 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 51539607588 (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 38362647889395 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3614359904 (F2) Unknown 100 253 189448247520	83.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 142 Mixed 103 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 505GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 77 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 95 (03) Spinup time 124 100 25790054703 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 27 117778925 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 556007460 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 772 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 772 (C2) HDA temperature 166 125 214749151268 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 95 Mixed 40.9 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown LIFETIMEMEMORY.COM 2x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 66%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,026

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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