MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5040 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 641 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 67 64% 73.9 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 69.7 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2749 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 251 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16448306083	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 407 Mixed 412 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 45.5 165% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 127 140% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 169 5808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 598 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8406 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 109 Mixed 84.4 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 101%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 643GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 120 120 51580830268 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 53684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1532 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1532 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 249109086240 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 89.2 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.36 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139364557 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 297611747 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1681 (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 437321754 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 8 139364557 (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 115586159901991 (F1) Unknown 100 253 622800844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 858915595	39.9% Below average	Read 68 Write 70.9 Mixed 69.3 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 30GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102129616 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79341304 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (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 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68822 (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 122247654165508 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58062463363 (F2) Unknown 100 253 315906831434	65.6% Good	Read 127 Write 102 Mixed 97 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.6% 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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 72%

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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 $50Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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