MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 689 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

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: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 65.1 Parallax 58.6 54% 63.3 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 54.9 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 45929471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -87840671128473 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 379 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 58 60133343267 (C2) HDA temperature 35 58 60133343267 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 45929471 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 45929471 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 45929471 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13238 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13627 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13627 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20985	77.1% Very good	Read 495 Write 224 Mixed 263 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 11.9 119% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 10 67% 153 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 409GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 91 79941568 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 51 126117839 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4623 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 589234210 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 55 140409033 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.3% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 58.4 Mixed 62.3 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 79%

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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