MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% 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	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 08:51
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 452 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 295X2 (CrossFire Disabled) 2,533 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 1B2A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1018 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 59.9 Parallax 85.4 55% 70.9 fps	MRender 59.3 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 77.5 55% 65.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10767 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1326 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16198733190	78.2% Very good	Read 489 Write 339 Mixed 209 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 16.8 110% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 16.1 48% 96.7 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 126%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7334 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6164 (C0) Power-off retract count 194 194 4700 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18122 (C2) HDA temperature 125 101 25 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 227GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 145 9550 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5747 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 167496 (C2) HDA temperature 125 87 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52% Above average	Read 102 Write 79 Mixed 80.2 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 55%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 47GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9639 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4978 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 331676 (C2) HDA temperature 125 106 25 (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	39.9% Below average	Read 72 Write 67 Mixed 68.1 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 27.4 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 27.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,385x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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