MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.3% 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	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	MICRO-STAR MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 07:57
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 417 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 46 47% 53.1 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 52.1 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M6M 128GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 33371 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (AF) Unknown 0 0 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 33371 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 0 0 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 832 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2085 (F1) Unknown 100 100 99364 (F2) Unknown 100 100 102914	86.2% Excellent	Read 490 Write 321 Mixed 382 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 35 145% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 23.2 30% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 97%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 182 7766 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2452 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2858 (C2) HDA temperature 123 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 146 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.22 105% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 34%

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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 NIGHTBLADE Z97

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	24x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	17x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

SSD
TS128GMSA370 128GBTranscendBench 64%, 512 samples	4x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
Premier SP610 256GBAdata $100Bench 82%, 1,898 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 186 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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 $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 $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