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 as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	92.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 19:37
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 (86^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 121 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 601 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 306GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 41 253403988011 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8392185785 (F7) Unknown 100 100 262279376 (F8) Unknown 100 100 25087293 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1949 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	84% Excellent	Read 477 Write 319 Mixed 300 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 25.9 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 46.9 93% 191 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 98%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5986 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2420 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (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 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 156 (EB) Unknown 99 99 614 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25658989899	92.2% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 342 Mixed 341 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 24 132% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 67.9 111% 217 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 408GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 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 99 99 1043 (03) Spinup time 60 60 12690 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7160 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2537 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 99 1042 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1042 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 403505176 (C2) HDA temperature 74 61 470614042 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 418932 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	31.2% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 50.1 Mixed 59.9 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 81GB free Firmware: 1AA01108 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7670 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9543 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3432 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487391261 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 588054561 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 59600 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40.6% Average	Read 72.6 Write 68.6 Mixed 46.1 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.39 105% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 64%

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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	3,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16