MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 07:58
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 641 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 122 Parallax 96.5 78% 105 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 94.7 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 295GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1507341 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 475 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 67 287763595290 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 238 (EA) Unknown 100 100 268 (F1) Unknown 253 253 262 (F2) Unknown 253 253 39 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.2% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 352 Mixed 329 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 19.7 126% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 40.6 94% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22592178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 16320875732580 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2139 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 40 38657327130 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 38657327130 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22592178 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22592178 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22592178 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17864 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9499 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9499 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6677	44.3% Average	Read 377 Write 113 Mixed 107 43% 199 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 3.1 67% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 59.3 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 40.6 44% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 702GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 42.1 Mixed 40.4 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.41 101% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 151GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2388 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 149 Write 98.9 Mixed 120 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,609 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,664x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

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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 $40	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