MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150523
Uptime	15.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 568 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 92% 113 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB-G2 240GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 131 90 141 139 151 MB/s Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.4% Good	Read 209 Write 187 Mixed 232 SusWrite 131 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 28.5 117% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 144 121% 174 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 81%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 121GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 281 308 308 307 308 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 408 Mixed 357 SusWrite 307 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 53 168% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 989GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 122 121 121 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 66 SusWrite 122 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 245 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	129x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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 $195Bench 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 $76Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16