MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 09:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 406 60% 436 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 57.5 Parallax 76.6 52% 66 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 73.2 51% 60.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4084 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1769 (A5) Unknown 100 100 197618172546 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 328 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 42 180389609505 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3320060052229 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6809 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13218 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9812 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17219 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	39.9% Below average	Read 494 Write 60.3 Mixed 90.5 46% 215 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 4.36 60% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 516GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191480232 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 102385129 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2289 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10493 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55834574879 (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 137662291774595 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17735386326 (F2) Unknown 100 253 934440149834
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 516GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12468040 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6911028 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2676 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 776 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18530 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 55834574879 (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 -131348689844786 (F1) Unknown 100 253 105215661027732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56303493535025
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 38.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 91%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

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	377x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16