MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7920
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1862 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 00:53
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 248 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 641 69% 548 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.9 92% 109 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,164 Write 6,264 Mixed 6446 1,477% 6,624 MB/s	4K Read 609 4K Write 260 4K Mixed 349 1,507% 406 MB/s	DQ Read 1,224 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 846 671% 946 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 137 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 137 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 574GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 162 161 164 153 165 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 130 Mixed 84 SusWrite 160 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-60A23T0 320GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 52GB free, PID 110c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 35.5 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 40.2 48% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

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Typical NIGHTBLADE Z97 Builds (Compare 61 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE Z97

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	25x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	17x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

SSD
TS128GMSA370 128GBTranscendBench 64%, 512 samples	4x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
Premier SP610 256GBAdata $100Bench 82%, 1,898 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 186 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16