MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	86.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 16:09
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 527 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570 3,522 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 2121) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Lighting 8.63 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 10.8 7% 9.53 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 8.43 7% 8.06 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (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 100 100 930 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 957 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 88 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 24507 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4460 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3151	86.6% Excellent	Read 517 Write 300 Mixed 316 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 31.1 136% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 63.1 71% 120 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 96%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$107 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 144 144 21503672676 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 246 (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 100 100 1484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 267 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 133145165851 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 178 Mixed 88.1 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 1x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 35%

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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	3,433x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,687x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,267x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	568x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	418x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	307x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	381x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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Total price: $648

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