MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 06:35
Run Duration	378 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 552 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 8C95) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 66.8 62% 71.5 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.8 61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4652 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (64) Unknown 100 100 5103040 (65) Unknown 100 100 866048 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 3008 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 631 (B7) Unknown 94 94 40 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 100 193274380311 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 91 91 9 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8970 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4697 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7467 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.7% Good	Read 479 Write 192 Mixed 223 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 10.9 85% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 21 62% 136 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 171 1066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6597 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 26 (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	59.2% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 107 Mixed 95.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.28 123% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 183GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 93 Write 84.1 Mixed 51.2 93% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.2 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 16.4 Write 3.64 Mixed 3.06 7% 7.71 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.77 115% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 58%

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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