MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% 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	83.1% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 13:59
Run Duration	364 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 487 60% 461 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 90.9 56% 74.1 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 56.2 Splatting 79.6 55% 65.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3402 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4359 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12804415424	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 44.9 179% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 28.2 102% 226 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5195 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2343 (B1) Unknown 96 96 40 (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 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 280 (EB) Unknown 99 99 479 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27011249348	83.1% Excellent	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 347 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 22 132% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 21.6 28% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 852GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 126 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3322 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3869 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79517 (C2) HDA temperature 117 89 26 (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	84.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 138 Mixed 136 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.14 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108591803 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38968025543 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131204 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 24 108591803 (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 -128836133954722 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1691119213 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2181038595	49.9% Average	Read 88.5 Write 85.1 Mixed 76.7 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 68%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.18% Terrible	Read 19 Write 4.49 Mixed 6.92 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.09 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.18% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 0215 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 53%

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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	3,395x
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	1,247x
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	208x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	378x
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) $31	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