MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.4% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '15 at 05:49
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 605 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2776) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.4% Below average	Lighting 38 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 40 31% 37.4 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 37.5 35% 43.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1602 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 45 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 12 (AE) Unknown 99 99 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 784 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 46 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 3200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 679 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1070	117% Outstanding	Read 752 Write 669 Mixed 708 158% 710 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 26.8 146% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 90.8 64% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 220%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 41GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5643 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 321 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 75 62 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 160 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3867823720	90.2% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 305 Mixed 343 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 20.1 132% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 19.8 93% 213 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2113 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20715 (C2) HDA temperature 124 116 26 (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	66% Good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 112 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.27 112% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 115GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60761032 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35710103 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 93 93 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18011 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (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 -28793460748800 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12975655995 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13936084215	72.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 147 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2400, 2133, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
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	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

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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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) $35	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