MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). 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	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 01:43
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 710 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 80.8 50% 69.2 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 54.3 49% 60.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 7,823 User benchmarks, average bench 320% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 976 Write 941 Mixed 815 203% 911 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 23.5 102% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 15.7 132% 304 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 531%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6252 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 46 231929151520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6728337624 (F7) Unknown 100 100 210574593 (F8) Unknown 100 100 71317648 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1255 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 284 Mixed 305 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 20.5 102% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 13.7 38% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1227 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3507 (C2) HDA temperature 125 103 25 (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	73.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 127 Mixed 122 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.27 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 400GB (2007)-$42 1,778 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 372GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 329 (03) Spinup time 177 174 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 62808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2545 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 845 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7800 (C2) HDA temperature 118 86 32 (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 91 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.5% Average	Read 70.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 71.8 54% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 277GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162178712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 623944405 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 51993640987 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 501 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5526 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 -140737488355301 (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 -18726057384496 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69931677017 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98650715052	83.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 150 Mixed 139 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	3,388x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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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 $45	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