MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 09:56
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 710 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Zotac(19DA 3255) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 31.3 22% 27.3 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 25 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 619 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 43 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1363225329	89% Excellent	Read 493 Write 271 Mixed 277 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 30 136% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 67.1 104% 203 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 113 Write 99.7 Mixed 78.2 72% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.57 133% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 65 27717394 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 82 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 5861108 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24180665876661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (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 69 61 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 853 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 98784247839 (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 -30369713749953 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7373701242 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1130003224	73.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 115 Mixed 129 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 105%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 138 3708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1869 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1412 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31362 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.2% Good	Read 116 Write 125 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 85%
WD My Book 25DA 4TB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 145 Write 132 Mixed 110 162% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 68%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 53GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 130 Write 63.4 Mixed 74.4 102% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.96 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.99 107% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 47%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 39GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 134 Write 69.8 Mixed 83.7 112% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.82 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.81 102% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 36%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 30GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 70.6 Write 49.8 Mixed 52.8 71% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.06 42% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,134 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 63%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,388x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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