MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.5% 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)
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 9 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 18:38
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 534 67% 511 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 20.6 18% 22.7 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 22 Splatting 28.7 22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 106 (AE) Unknown 100 100 155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 41 253403856922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27683405680 (F7) Unknown 100 100 869095842 (F8) Unknown 100 100 370864717 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1263 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 60% Great: 95%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 52GB free Firmware: 3.2. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (A5) Unknown 100 100 297553 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 76 (AE) Unknown 100 100 275 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 27 223338954779 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 253 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 626 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13441752101 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38150243268	48.7% Average	Read 458 Write 276 Mixed 225 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 8.2 42% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 9.15 12% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 425GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 85 15206704 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 566 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3349092 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1378 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 622395418 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1765 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 42949672986 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 146 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 146 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 77369540879430 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11334049115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49600881721	79% Very good	Read 135 Write 140 Mixed 144 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 252GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 83 12088 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2226 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 99 69 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 114877291 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 827 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2875 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229874 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 4950851610 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 664355 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 12088 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 83 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 83 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 2631 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 24215025643226 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3947751328 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1810619229 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	39% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 63.9 Mixed 75.2 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.21 48% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 105GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80474200 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 35112508502 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 605421592 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 565607 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 51539607576 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 19 80474200 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 193 1339 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	44.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 81.6 Mixed 74.5 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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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	3,388x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
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	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	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