MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 14:38
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 168 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 279 36% 270 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 113 Parallax 108 93% 112 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2615 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 16 (AA) Unknown 100 100 18 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3866714 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 324 (C2) HDA temperature 63 52 206159740965 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5587 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4106 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4964 (F4) Unknown 100 100 59 (F5) Unknown 100 100 90 (F6) Unknown 100 100 342708	37.3% Below average	Read 300 Write 224 Mixed 285 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 4.68 13% 5.58 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 0.72 47% 113 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21493842201 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1027 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2353 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 206159937575 (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 200 200 0	93.9% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 162 Mixed 163 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 106% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 108%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 12GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1567 (C2) HDA temperature 104 96 46 (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	39% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 60.1 Mixed 62.7 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston 99U5471-040.A00LF Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 20GB 1600, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.4% Above average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $133	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