MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 03:35
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 667 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 90% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 107 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 9634930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 -105681965256551 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6745 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9634930 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9634930 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9634930 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21750 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14336 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14336 (F2) Unknown 0 0 63756	55.2% Above average	Read 212 Write 157 Mixed 141 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15.5 105% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 43.8 63% 115 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 822GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 202452368 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2352086 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (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 74 72 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1408 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (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 109375637160052 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3819222029 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6840536701	90.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 148 Mixed 147 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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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	3,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $269	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