MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.3% 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	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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 (38%). 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	23.1 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 04:24
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 165 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 374 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P2000 13,958 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Nvidia(10DE 11B3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1721 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 5GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.3% Average	Lighting 50 Reflection 55.7 Parallax 47.2 41% 51 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 55.8 42% 51.3 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL 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 0 100 10456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (A5) Unknown 100 100 62557159373111 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 165 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 127 (AE) Unknown 100 100 455 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 33 287762808883 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 20968149553938 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15334 (EA) Unknown 100 100 70150 (F1) Unknown 253 253 25304 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18117 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.8% Average	Read 498 Write 24.3 Mixed 243 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 0.04 78% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 0.61 38% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 21GB free Firmware: HP11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22243651 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 383128451 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5709 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065712 (BD) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538574880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 94489280544 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 25 22243651 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 5242	40.8% Average	Read 69.8 Write 72.2 Mixed 64.5 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.54 113% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2297 (C2) HDA temperature 109 89 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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	57.7% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 111 Mixed 87.3 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 10GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 86 130110937 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 681064897 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8901 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 672727080 (C2) HDA temperature 40 56 85899345960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 51 35998652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 895 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.6% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 39.2 Mixed 39.7 30% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 6GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3829 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11692 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4218 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 824 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10867 (C2) HDA temperature 110 86 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 191 0	35.7% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 61 Mixed 63.4 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.46 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 515GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 46.1 Write 44.6 Mixed 30.6 50% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.43 94% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 15GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 41.3 Mixed 35.9 51% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-4GIS 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1333C9-8GIS 0420 F3-1333C9-8GIS 28GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 52%

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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	3,386x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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