MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150523
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '17 at 13:58
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 207 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 324 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E348) CLim: 1210 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 32.1 20% 29.1 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 33.3 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY2 60GB 652 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 56GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -102572408931055 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2952 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 466 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11968 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15552 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15552 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23104	44.8% Average	Read 200 Write 85.3 Mixed 128 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 12.8 95% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 74.2 DQ Mixed 25.7 39% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 51%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 364 Mixed 515 119% 540 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 27.9 170% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 26.9 89% 204 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 213%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 259GB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 40 40 15000 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6075 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2903 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1488 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 374648 (C2) HDA temperature 96 81 56 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.6% Average	Read 86.9 Write 85.6 Mixed 92.6 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.44 117% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 106GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 167 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 29942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2628 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BE) vendor-specific 59 43 705691689 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8828 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	45.4% Average	Read 92.2 Write 65.7 Mixed 96.8 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 68%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 16.9 Mixed 22.6 29% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.97 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.7 71% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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