MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150120
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '16 at 19:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 656 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 1280) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 42.2 27% 36.9 fps	MRender 44.2 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 29.6 30% 37.9 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 173GB free 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 3674 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1163 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 62 163209740317 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2850893884 (F7) Unknown 100 100 90558921 (F8) Unknown 100 100 137064669	108% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 462 Mixed 492 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.6 144% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 67.8 123% 243 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 11505 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2930 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9406011147929 (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 55 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	53.9% Above average	Read 500 Write 107 Mixed 168 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 6.55 80% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 9.11 35% 78.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 713GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494104359 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2058 (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 3660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1160 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2059 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2059 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 146029805596 (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	87.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 153 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 1317 OCZ3P1600LV2G 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 1317 OCZ3P1600LV2G 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1067, 1600, 1067 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 45%

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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	128x
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 $400Bench 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 $80Bench 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 i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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