MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	87.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 23:27
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 652 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.4 84% 103 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 96 Splatting 98.5 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 213GB free Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4434 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 529 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293812 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 54 36 274879283246 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5947 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8865 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1988 (F4) Unknown 100 100 35 (F5) Unknown 100 100 52 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2387840	86.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 320 Mixed 401 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.8 119% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 57.9 107% 210 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 97%
SanDisk U110 128GB-$69 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 110GB free Firmware: U221000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1405 (A5) Unknown 100 100 646497 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 164 (AE) Unknown 100 100 265 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 40 279173595176 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 546 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1043 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19414054980 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13463197544	48.9% Average	Read 440 Write 268 Mixed 281 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 8.67 47% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 10 12% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 51%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6963 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 844 (B1) Unknown 91 91 45 (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 62 40 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 144 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17070694292	87.2% Excellent	Read 483 Write 267 Mixed 270 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 29.6 134% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 66.5 101% 195 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000VX001-1HH162 1TB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 369GB free Firmware: CV11 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 115 99 87748568 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11093299 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1416 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 538378271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4674 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 97.8 Mixed 82.5 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 85%

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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	127x
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 $109Bench 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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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