MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150120
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 02:01
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 536 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 71.9 66% 78.2 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 65.6 58% 72.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 116 107 110 338 412 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 409 Write 74.3 Mixed 210 SusWrite 202 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 36.8 136% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 114 86% 110 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 232 218 214 203 200 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 462 Mixed 387 SusWrite 236 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 55.4 187% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 324 252% 346 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 126 122 126 127 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 131 Write 121 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 124 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 111 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 110 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 67%
Generic- SD/MMC 537GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 500GB free, PID 0109 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	4.47% Terrible	Read 17 Write 5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 2.9 7% 6.72 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	129x
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 $195Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16