MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '20 at 21:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 211 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 697 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1B83) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 67.3 62% 73.4 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 70 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 582 589 598 587 538 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 739 Write 611 Mixed 490 SusWrite 578 136% 604 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.8 196% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 452 372% 544 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 228GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 399 404 292 293 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 474 Mixed 462 SusWrite 345 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 63.3 213% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 130 131 134 131 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 131 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 199GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 69 77 79 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 64.9 Write 66.7 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 75.2 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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Typical Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 244 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	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 $245Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16