MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.6% 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	13.6 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	Jul 13 '17 at 01:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 630 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 55.6 Parallax 103 65% 79.5 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 71.3 56% 67.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2263 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2087408435988 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 188 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 41 253403070510 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1125290017030 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2182 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7445 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3895 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3153 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 334 Mixed 208 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 0.69 88% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 2.69 62% 145 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 262GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 90 1 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 95 (03) Spinup time 165 100 17195532508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 131074 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 34146710 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 522125343 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4992 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4992 (C2) HDA temperature 193 120 219043856415 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.7% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 92.4 Mixed 94.7 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 76%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 44GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 146 141 3683 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5853 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3278 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 511 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 374262 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 194 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	25.5% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 41 Mixed 42.9 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

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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	3,380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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