MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	166% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	19.9 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 01:59
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 600 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 164 Parallax 156 119% 155 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 155 Splatting 115 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% 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: 449 543 543 544 539 535 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 666 Mixed 641 SusWrite 525 145% 643 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 74 244% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 348 336% 536 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 277%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 847GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 174 174 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 113 Mixed 110 SusWrite 176 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% 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 as expected (40^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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 $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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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