MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '16 at 22:07
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 715 78% 620 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 441GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3292 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 671 (B1) Unknown 97 97 53 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 48 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52544409263	122% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 416 Mixed 422 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52.5 196% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 117 148% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4397 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 936 (B1) Unknown 98 98 73 (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 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 173 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69311432232	126% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 502 Mixed 517 116% 517 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.4 187% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 178 185% 303 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 2TB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 58948976 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 55 17207257890 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 55 655687719 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22752 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 42949672999 (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 -25387551680972 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27231635189 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38582704166	99.9% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 161 Mixed 146 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 2TB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 950GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198704104 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11019077 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 655687719 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16765 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 42949672999 (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 -88901528055726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27895674801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14600809128	89% Excellent	Read 175 Write 136 Mixed 132 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 951GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84757840 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2073 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 58 34385333825 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 689307689 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 471 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40072 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 42949673001 (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 88411901794447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34977406431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51465102101	75.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 131 Mixed 118 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 2TB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221687136 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25363371 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1222 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 622133284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17579 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 42949672996 (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 116290534510626 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31218977472 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20113309768	81.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 126 Mixed 126 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 97%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 99GB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 106289937 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18715962 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (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 62 52 638976038 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4725 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 51539607590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 41 106289937 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 167 Write 21.5 Mixed 47.8 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 84%

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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	3,406x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,674x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	460x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,251x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16