MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	169% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '19 at 18:44
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 708 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gainward(10B0 1E87) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 166 Parallax 172 143% 171 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 151 Splatting 113 118% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 525 550 540 553 569 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 598 Write 528 Mixed 554 SusWrite 545 125% 556 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 76.2 255% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,103 725% 856 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 82 205 173 160 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 426 Mixed 366 SusWrite 158 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58.1 203% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 219 198 198 193 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 414 Write 251 Mixed 284 SusWrite 204 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.5 137% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 184 165% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 91%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 28GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 93 93 92 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 106 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 429GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 83 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 85 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 64%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 104 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 100 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 106 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 46.8 86% 46.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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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 $182	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) $30	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