MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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System	MICRO-STAR MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 10:36
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 430 61% 449 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 142 112% 144 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 146 108 90 79 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 417 Mixed 408 SusWrite 150 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.1 198% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 364 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Plextor PX-128M6M 128GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 79GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 321 328 326 323 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 325 Mixed 278 SusWrite 323 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 37.2 144% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 208 192% 296 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 638GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 165 167 168 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 164 Mixed 110 SusWrite 168 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical NIGHTBLADE Z97 Builds (Compare 60 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	24x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	17x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

SSD
TS128GMSA370 128GBTranscendBench 64%, 512 samples	4x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
Premier SP610 256GBAdata $100Bench 82%, 1,898 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 186 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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 $179	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