MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 19:03
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 453 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 525 Mixed 571 132% 596 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 25.7 152% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 27.3 32% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 50GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9500 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1699 (B1) Unknown 86 86 169 (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 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 392 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30786567546	83.6% Excellent	Read 486 Write 293 Mixed 339 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 21.2 112% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 16.9 88% 204 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4866 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 707 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 69 41 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2396382030	83.5% Excellent	Read 493 Write 400 Mixed 417 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 21.7 124% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 108 71% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 325GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201633552 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16960184 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (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 68 53 538116128 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6774 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 55834574880 (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 -106132936846774 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13780667689 (F2) Unknown 100 253 478444408532	84.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 119 Mixed 98.1 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.41 163% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1400, 1400, 1400, 1400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16