MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 13:05
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 398 46% 358 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 60.5 56% 66 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 55.1 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gloway VAL500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 173% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 533 588 519 516 531 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 622 Mixed 604 SusWrite 512 135% 601 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 39.1 142% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 733 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 61 196% 432 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 226%
Sony Micro Vault Mach USB 3.0 16GB-$42 306 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 05b9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 23 23 23 21 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 21.7 Mixed 27 SusWrite 21.1 35% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.9 32% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM38GU48W21-ACCHM 2x8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 244 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16