MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 10:33
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 454 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.58% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 7.16 3% 6.15 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 5.96 4% 4.69 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.58% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th 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 32 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3875 (A5) Unknown 100 100 24 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 100 100 3064 (95) Unknown 100 100 162 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 105 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10895 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24300 (F5) Unknown 100 100 31000	67.4% Good	Read 492 Write 206 Mixed 266 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 14.8 98% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 15.3 50% 106 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 107%
Sony Micro Vault Mach USB 3.0 16GB-$42 306 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 05b9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 42 Write 23.2 Mixed 26 36% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.35 45% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-032.A01LF 1x4GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 33%

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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	127x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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