MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	23.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 03:56
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 687 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 144 116% 146 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 236GB free Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5216 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47284683274 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 473 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 63 270584315943 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1309981802801 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3677 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5027 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4671 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6544 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.7% Very good	Read 465 Write 220 Mixed 253 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 20.1 118% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 43.8 56% 93.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 104%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9467925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -105175159133256 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2209 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 164 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9467925 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9467925 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9467925 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6881 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7697 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7697 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7202	23.4% Poor	Read 173 Write 62.1 Mixed 80 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 8.23 37% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.8 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 13.8 16% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580174956 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 63261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 289 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231929479200 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.7% Good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 114 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.41 101% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 285GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3304 (C2) HDA temperature 109 86 34 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 169 Mixed 145 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.26 109% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 140GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 40.9 Write 39.2 Mixed 30.5 46% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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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	3,379x
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	1,240x
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 $184	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) $35	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