MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90% 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	283% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 14:27
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 696 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 93% 112 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 862GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,598 Write 1,467 Mixed 1,374 399% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 58.5 237% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 162 185% 321 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 832GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6639 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 640 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 127 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21356658569	114% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 406 Mixed 415 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 50.2 184% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 118 129% 218 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 87GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19506 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2223 (B1) Unknown 94 94 64 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2075 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1300 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45925172389	94% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 345 Mixed 356 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 27.5 141% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 84 106% 193 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 118%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34385953168 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 832 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 832 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176095035426 (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 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 175 Mixed 162 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 4.12 4K Mixed 0.46 168% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
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	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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