3DMark
We used 3DMark‘s ‘Fire Strike’ benchmark which is designed to be used on gaming PCs. We opted for the Normal setting, NOT the Extreme mode.
Sandra Processor Arithmetic
Sandra Memory Bandwidth
The Z97A Gaming 6 makes a solid start to the benchmarks. 3DMark shows a positive physics score that puts MSI's board in the upper half of our chart. The same can be said for both of the Sandra tests.