MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.4% 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	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:04
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 216 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 411 53% 401 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 85.7 59% 74.1 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 82.7 57% 68.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7777921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 15401752728678 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1538 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 392 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 45 73017393179 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 73017393179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7777921 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7777921 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7777921 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15511 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12972 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12972 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12971 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9175169	43.1% Average	Read 421 Write 115 Mixed 161 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 8.97 60% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 66 DQ Mixed 8.97 17% 32 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 922GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 174 1858 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1313 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 189 Mixed 138 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.38 141% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17625400 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8850948062 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1458 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 589430818 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 22 17625400 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90336047129027 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3471032633 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3494063042	72.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 117 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.73 133% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-039.A00LF 1x8GB 1,281 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 35%

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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 $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 $274	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 $184	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