MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.4% 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	130% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 01:34
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 86 2-Core 173 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 448 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 124 Reflection 126 Parallax 145 101% 132 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 19.5 35% 46.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 297 316 323 325 501 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 672 Write 590 Mixed 569 SusWrite 373 124% 551 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 54 192% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 751 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 342 289% 436 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 277%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 847GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 74 76 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 146 Write 86.5 Mixed 73 SusWrite 75.7 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB 972 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $177	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