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MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.1% 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	219% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 694 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$170 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.5 83% 104 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 99.9 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7341 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 605 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 136 (AE) Unknown 99 99 59 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 995 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 38 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 35064 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8444 (F2) Unknown 99 99 10068	219% Outstanding	Read 1,948 Write 1,165 Mixed 1,438 336% 1,517 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 31 184% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 180 187% 307 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 367GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139135056 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59438447 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1023 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61843 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 55834574875 (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 73448235739980 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29884709158 (F2) Unknown 100 253 392707748947	96% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 162 Mixed 166 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 39%

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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%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	47x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	6x
Core i5-4690KIntel $58Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $88Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $613

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350