MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 00:17
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 432 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 72.4 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 64.7 57% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 704 Write 529 Mixed 543 132% 592 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46.7 207% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 24.4 136% 312 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 236%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 25524454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 21569325771594 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1673 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 204 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 64427917346 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25524454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25524454 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25524454 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24492 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23893 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23893 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37830	64.3% Good	Read 470 Write 203 Mixed 264 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 12.7 105% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 11.1 26% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126087296 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73397437 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1663 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 430068531232 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60111 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 -140737488355296 (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 20078972112289 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72185545184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66077773632	87.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 161 Mixed 145 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 28.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 96%

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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	3,380x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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