MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 23:32
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 456 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 45.2 Parallax 40.4 38% 44.2 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 41 Splatting 36.6 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6790706 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 82695300320302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 35 38656999449 (C2) HDA temperature 25 35 38656999449 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6790706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6790706 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6790706 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1314 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3051 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3051 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3276 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4325437	64.8% Good	Read 473 Write 204 Mixed 266 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 9.44 100% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 10.4 40% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 766GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242313604 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7095 (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 1331 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 382631666 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30447 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2942 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BC) Unknown 100 97 399438119017 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 71 37 322610855965 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 14 242313604 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19288698161189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 307833733 (F2) Unknown 100 253 363326151	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.1 Mixed 82.4 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.51 112% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 137GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 97 228422458 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15211 (05) Reallocated sector count 2 2 4016 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314620189 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1478 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590983199 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471466012 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 25769803804 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 21 228422458 (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 -92036854151709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2511983119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1789928728	14.6% Very poor	Read 11.6 Write 39.1 Mixed 28.6 20% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 68%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 16GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 4020 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 41501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1667 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 1 303169554 (C2) HDA temperature 79 60 353501205 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2828708 (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 99 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	31.2% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 51.9 Mixed 44.4 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.22 48% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3L/4GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 KHX1600C9D3L/4GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns

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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	3,379x
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	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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