MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% 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	86.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 18:15
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 656 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 295X2 (CrossFire Disabled) 2,533 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 0B2A) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 84.2 53% 69.6 fps	MRender 59.8 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 75.8 54% 64.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2854168 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -108628312842291 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1262 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 64427327521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2854168 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2854168 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2854168 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10	53% Above average	Read 380 Write 86.6 Mixed 140 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 10.8 107% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 11.7 22% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3310000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8171 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1255 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2225071001157 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 61 (A9) Unknown 100 100 130 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 29 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 45 193274576927 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2615703110670 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4320 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9419 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7675 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7298	86.2% Excellent	Read 391 Write 316 Mixed 266 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.9 133% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 17.2 80% 182 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 999GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1253 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5655 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5655 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 184684576796 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 180 Mixed 164 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V01L3LF8GB52852816 2x8GB 483 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	128x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	13x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	10x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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 $15	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