MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 11:44
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 629 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3306) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 215GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5070 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1871 (AA) Unknown 92 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 374 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 100 60133605407 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 374 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 293553 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 92 100 0 (E9) Unknown 75 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 293553 (F2) Unknown 100 100 209681 (F9) Unknown 100 100 98587	85.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 249 Mixed 310 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 27.8 136% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 66.3 94% 175 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 95%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 739 Write 271 Mixed 357 100% 456 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 31.2 146% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 140 168% 299 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 147%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 128 128 38686425573 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1308 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7868 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 253404184608 (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 200 200 0	65.6% Good	Read 138 Write 90.8 Mixed 110 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.44 118% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 82%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 1,355 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 89.8 Write 92.1 Mixed 57.5 100% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 86%

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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	3,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,249x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16