MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 11:37
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 694 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 78.7 69% 82.2 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 76.5 62% 76 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 450GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35944368 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 626 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 177540494 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065687 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 504954907 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3880 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 42949672987 (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 118717191035084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25657715898 (F2) Unknown 100 253 319974220714	80.4% Excellent	Read 109 Write 170 Mixed 135 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.87 225% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191850580 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 39 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 390630242 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 14002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6094 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4281079672 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 471400476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 34359738396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 28 191850580 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 117 Write 99.2 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.53 122% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00 80GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 49GB free Firmware: MB4IC60H Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 105 105 4568 (03) Spinup time 171 171 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 120 120 40 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1844 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1333002262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 76542 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 219043921948 (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 200 253 0	16.7% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 28.7 Mixed 29.6 22% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 18%
TDK LoR TF10 8GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 0710 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 6 Mixed 7.5 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.87 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 15% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 85%

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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	1,670x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16