MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '16 at 03:09
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 456 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1003 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 36.3 Parallax 48.5 33% 41.7 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 42.3 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 168731696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -86689619893678 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 21 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 52 21478244388 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 21478244388 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 168731696 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 168731696 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 168731696 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20332 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4297 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4297 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6392	44.7% Average	Read 453 Write 64.1 Mixed 74.7 42% 197 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 4.09 73% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 16.6 25% 45 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 584GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4927 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5903 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 37 (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	58.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 96.7 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.46 114% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 165 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3785 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 31 (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	77.9% Very good	Read 160 Write 111 Mixed 158 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 123GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 165 158 4733 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1954 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 875 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4659 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 38 (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	36.3% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 62.3 Mixed 64.5 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 78%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16