MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.6% 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	75% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

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	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 00:21
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 666 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 84A9) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 88.4 59% 76.2 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 83.9 Splatting 52.5 58% 72.8 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 83498932	75% Very good	Read 509 Write 241 Mixed 308 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 13.2 101% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 12.2 74% 168 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 129%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 90GB free Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 860 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 81607327773 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4 (EA) Unknown 100 100 60112 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11633 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6304 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 39607	94.1% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 400 Mixed 418 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 32.3 122% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 13.6 85% 198 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016)-$57 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 931GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 66 4474736 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2885 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (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 75 75 420872217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 25 22 94489280537 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 8 4474736 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 167 Mixed 155 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.14 74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 493GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4208 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 21529434163 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3852 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 73015558161 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 63 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7695 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 6 4208 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 38707 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91014651951821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 197605267 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1516444544	47.5% Average	Read 67.8 Write 97.9 Mixed 116 72% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.45 84% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 476GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7970 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4602 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 94 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 304 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 59 353501205 (C2) HDA temperature 77 57 387055639 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 88718 (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 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 92.8 Write 62.8 Mixed 77.8 59% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 85%

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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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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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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 $177	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