MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 05:53
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790K-$352 137,023 User benchmarks, average bench 88% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	SC Int 136 SC Float 139 SC Mixed 134 109% 136 Pts	QC Int 518 QC Float 509 QC Mixed 512 116% 513 Pts	MC Int 687 MC Float 731 MC Mixed 721 107% 713 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$370 272,624 User benchmarks, average bench 63% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69.3% Good	Lighting 208 Reflection 189 Parallax 227 66% 208 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 197 Splatting 141 71% 166 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$125 193,680 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 416GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5066 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 596 (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 62 58 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 264 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9017044427	123% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 414 Mixed 426 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.8 201% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 132 154% 267 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$120 900 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5980 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 148193840 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4395863062 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (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 61 46 656736295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16496 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 98784247847 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 148193840 (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 -101618926219028 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27308172555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91692915032
Poor: 34% Great: 80%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$88 17,191 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 166GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5900 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140519216 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 636222 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 41 99390455844 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 918 (C2) HDA temperature 36 59 81604378660 (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 30365418782861 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10424835359 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22028866710	95.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 160 Mixed 148 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 27.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) - $160

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $352Bench 88%, 137,023 samples	5,909x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 83%, 82,023 samples	3,740x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 58,022 samples	633x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 272,624 samples	3,075x
GTX 1070Nvidia $413Bench 98%, 309,259 samples	1,618x
GTX 1080Nvidia $520Bench 125%, 228,550 samples	1,219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $104Bench 94%, 327,701 samples	1,808x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 96%, 193,680 samples	1,121x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $197Bench 79%, 76,138 samples	477x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 32,153 samples	776x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 12,981 samples	583x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 20,287 samples	340x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $317	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $160	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $125
Intel Core i5-8600K $239	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $911	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12