MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 16:36
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 81.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 655 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% PNY(196E 100A) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 91.8 56% 75.7 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 50.5 54% 68.2 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 751 Write 639 Mixed 687 154% 692 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 28.6 146% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 44.2 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 27.8 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 283%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 136 136 21493776653 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1771 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2423 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 184684445727 (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 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 177 Mixed 94.3 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.24 114% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02 320GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 21GB free Firmware: FB4AC52F Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 17179869184 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 19057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 14792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 16039 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7687991459840 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47276097592 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1391022 (C2) HDA temperature 211 211 201863856154 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 200 200 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 83 83 4406	25.1% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 44 Mixed 43.2 33% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 2,312 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 54%

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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