MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 06:56
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 588 66% 516 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1B83) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 435.27 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 66.4 62% 72.5 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 70.1 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 490 558 584 587 581 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 698 Write 588 Mixed 484 SusWrite 524 129% 573 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 44.9 152% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 438 341% 479 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 70GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,714 Write 4,549 Mixed 5,049 1,137% 5,104 MB/s	4K Read 392 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 262 1,045% 290 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 366 343% 547 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 95 110 120 115 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 134 Write 128 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 106 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 440GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 56 62 66 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 88.8 Write 85.3 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 61 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 58%
WDC WD32 00AAJS-56M0A0 320GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 292GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 40 Write 40.3 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 41.4 52% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%
Integral Neon USB 3.0 16GB-$14 844 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 11 9.6 11 9.6 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 172 Write 55.8 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 12.4 63% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 50% 4.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

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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 $245Bench 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 $75Bench 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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16