MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	800 x 480 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 22:22
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 247 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 701 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2514 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 232 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15438731366	110% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 395 Mixed 420 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 46.5 170% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 121 138% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 571 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7928 (C2) HDA temperature 125 112 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.6% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 93.9 Mixed 108 74% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 101%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 752GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 458761 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 107 (03) Spinup time 115 115 47285666420 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1066 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 114 114 38 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 53449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1504 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1504 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 249109086242 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.1% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 96.2 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238767167 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 296609499 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1663 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BC) Unknown 100 89 69 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 471072794 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 8 238767167 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129836861326341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 532592970 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65127009	39.2% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 62.4 Mixed 68.2 52% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.48 93% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 31GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122890792 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78682556 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065702 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 487915546 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67914 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20933670620010 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57391151670 (F2) Unknown 100 253 314687409190	80% Very good	Read 139 Write 140 Mixed 143 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 113%

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 below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 10.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	129x
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 $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 $85Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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