MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7926
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7926) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '22 at 16:22
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 174 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 521 51% 419 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 139 Parallax 234 114% 171 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 147 Splatting 97.9 96% 120 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900NS38 128GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.0.3b Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 162 Write 104 Mixed 132 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 20.3 73% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 70.5 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 78 64% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 329GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 103 100 99 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 140 Write 130 Mixed 80 SusWrite 100 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 76GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 25 22 26 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 134GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 67 72 72 69 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 76.6 Write 123 Mixed 64 SusWrite 68.1 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 90%
WD My Book 25ED 8TB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 94 89 79 68 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 88.5 137% 102 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.2 170% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 95%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 48GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 78 79 64 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 73.2 Write 76 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 74.2 88% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12.5 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

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 $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 $109Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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