MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (12%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	368 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 642 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 123% 147 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6725 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 823 (B1) Unknown 95 95 94 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 213 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50898552469	94.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 400 Mixed 411 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 23.6 123% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 120 139% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 15GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2299 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 292 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9233228401	101% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 406 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 27.4 148% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 122 138% 236 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 8158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 804 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30428 (C2) HDA temperature 129 107 23 (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	77.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 139 Mixed 127 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 744GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 104334726 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 58 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44319734 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -81587198753803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 353370133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 825 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 60129542165 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -89627377531932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16737096410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31940117530	89.7% Excellent	Read 170 Write 143 Mixed 118 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.14 37% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 105%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 250GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 443 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14506 (C2) HDA temperature 128 108 22 (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	51.1% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 83.8 Mixed 78.2 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.25 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 96%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 126GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 79GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 11.4 Mixed 14.2 22% 21 MB/s	4K Read 6.32 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 1.39 80% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 17%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 59GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 137 Write 71.8 Mixed 23.3 81% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.77 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.83 105% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,249x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16