MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MICRO-STAR MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 14:59
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (95^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 522 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 204 Parallax 204 140% 193 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26490091 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 87892210757045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 51 60132884524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26490091 (C4) Reallocation count 88 88 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26490091 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26490091 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14430 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10802 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10802 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7303	38.3% Below average	Read 275 Write 82.2 Mixed 136 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 8.81 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 8.54 68% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 6.43 21% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 549GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 129 129 25788481836 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11609 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 219044315179 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 135 Mixed 145 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 72%

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

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Typical NIGHTBLADE Z97 Builds (Compare 60 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	24x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	17x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

SSD
TS128GMSA370 128GBTranscendBench 64%, 512 samples	4x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
Premier SP610 256GBAdata $100Bench 82%, 1,898 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 186 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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