MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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System	MICRO-STAR MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 04:36
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 586 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 113 92% 116 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1699 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1083 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 43 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 63199 (A5) Unknown 100 100 120 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 117 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 258057 (F2) Unknown 100 100 421793	70.3% Very good	Read 490 Write 279 Mixed 359 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 15.1 73% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 16.1 82% 184 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224438696 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20770556 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58663 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 42949672988 (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 124798864723304 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4196857377 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30053198616	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 180 Mixed 171 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1048 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 85.4 Write 86.6 Mixed 72.3 104% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 44%

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 (78^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 72%

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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	25x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16