MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150120
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 07:45
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 692 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 69.3 66% 76.6 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.4 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1633 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 163209478171 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6494600310 (F7) Unknown 100 100 205683793 (F8) Unknown 100 100 285328224	108% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 479 Mixed 488 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 35.4 145% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 68.1 117% 229 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 415GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3142 (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 100 100 5550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1630 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3143 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 150324510746 (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	77.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 134 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 0420 F3-1600C9-8GAR 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 0420 F3-1600C9-8GAR 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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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	129x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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