MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 08:06
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 689 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 201 Parallax 200 149% 195 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 228 (AF) Unknown 100 100 98828026463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 81 318832659 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 481376 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 59 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 668 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 481376 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253949	95.3% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 295 Mixed 370 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 32.1 145% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 110 136% 242 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 83GB free Firmware: SM12 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 117 99 118678816 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 189306991 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2298 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 53 369688598 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 244297 (C2) HDA temperature 22 47 38654705686 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 27 118678816 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	36.3% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 59.8 Mixed 67.5 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 72%

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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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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 $178	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) $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