MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	55.4% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 15:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 491 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 159 Parallax 162 137% 163 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 156 Splatting 120 109% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25799098771 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 933 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 471 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 253404053530 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1163941708047 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6088 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8267 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7326 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6752 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.4% Above average	Read 495 Write 175 Mixed 161 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 12.8 79% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 11.3 17% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 107%
HDD 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 185 Write 181 Mixed 169 228% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.48 88% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%
HDD 750GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 648GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 87.9 Write 89.9 Mixed 66.4 103% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.37 46% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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	3,443x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,688x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	469x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	569x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	418x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	309x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	210x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	382x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	210x

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