MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.8% 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 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '16 at 14:45
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4370-$50 1,504 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 60.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 195 68% 123 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 295 39% 294 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 0427) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 15.4 10% 13.9 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 16.6 11% 13 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10038467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 33217277068551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 32 94491377694 (C2) HDA temperature 30 32 94491377694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10038467 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10038467 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10038467 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1789 (EA) Unknown 0 0 965 (F1) Unknown 0 0 965 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1376 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4259899	47.8% Average	Read 433 Write 114 Mixed 145 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 14.8 66% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 42.7 44% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 400GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 120 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3683028 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (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 69 67 538509343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 43 120 (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 52085068399720 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2946157299 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3998600498	61.6% Good	Read 100 Write 114 Mixed 95.3 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.54 104% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 8.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 60%

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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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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