MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	143% 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 21:45
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 587 57% 470 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 193 Parallax 174 123% 172 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 165 Splatting 129 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 911 Mixed 931 210% 942 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 23.6 129% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 412 DQ Mixed 23.2 78% 157 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 332%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11919 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 905 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23634253610	109% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 406 Mixed 411 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 44.4 168% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 114 132% 229 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 85%

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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 $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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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