MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	97.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (48%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 01 '16 at 10:30
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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 i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 298 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2237 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 378 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 57 50 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11616792001	97.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 408 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 39.9 162% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 25.2 33% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 124%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 47GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 41 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 45 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3273 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9680 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 38999 (F2) Unknown 100 100 65301 (F5) Unknown 100 100 52368	104% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 428 Mixed 471 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39.3 147% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 73.4 112% 210 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 625GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68411256 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 183620063 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1644 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 65080918049 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 596 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27324 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 -140737488355295 (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 -68551973004819 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41012613233 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35277921369	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 168 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.28 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 400GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183987409 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 39 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 170774265 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1738 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1113111390 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131333 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 706871330 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 21 183987409 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	73.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 131 Mixed 114 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.54 123% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 168GB free Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 128 99 1854635040 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17899391 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1519 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229835 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 63 36 4506178093093 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 554 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11725 (C2) HDA temperature 37 64 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 128 99 1854635040 (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 103379862826898 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3013504998 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2187473490	56.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.7 Mixed 88.2 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.09 39% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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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	3,388x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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