MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 20:15
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 467 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 78.9 63% 78.9 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 64.1 57% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10748 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1370 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 517 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201863462948 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39301213584 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1252180948 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2629292337	81.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 267 Mixed 348 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 18 112% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 17.8 84% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2299 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2237 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 34 (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	81.6% Excellent	Read 118 Write 166 Mixed 103 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.35 134% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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