MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 22:38
Run Duration	621 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 548 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 69.3 63% 74.9 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 60.8 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1486 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 334 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 591 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 158915100700 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	95.6% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 355 Mixed 422 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 44.6 148% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 98.9 87% 136 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 490GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2443 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1915 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2082 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (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 200 195 31 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 136 Mixed 115 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.32 119% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 108%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 470GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 172 991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4594 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4129 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 839 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 311766 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	40.4% Average	Read 68 Write 72.5 Mixed 38.2 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.14 70% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 77%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 394GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 161 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 253 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 33 (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 26 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.8% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 61.2 Mixed 56.2 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 51%
WD WD20EVDS-63T3B0 2TB 919 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 81GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 141 7491 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4405 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 911 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 312349 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 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 200 191 0	33.9% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 58.2 Mixed 52.1 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 72GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 133 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3946 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3838 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 36 (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	44.3% Average	Read 90.2 Write 64.1 Mixed 67.2 55% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 57%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 8GB 4,031 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 4.71 Mixed 9.12 15% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.28 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.75 97% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Read 28.8 Write 4.22 Mixed 7.34 12% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.44 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.008 24% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4G 16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% 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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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) $30	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