MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	26.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 689 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 154 Parallax 135 116% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 58GB free Firmware: 583A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3589788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -68813966003189 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 162 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 55 81607983142 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 81607983142 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3589788 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3589788 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3589788 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6251 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4595 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4595 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5208	66.9% Good	Read 514 Write 98.6 Mixed 131 53% 248 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 14.7 127% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 68.6 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 29.4 40% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 75%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z220 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 184 100 1208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3142 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3194 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3168 (AE) Unknown 100 100 59 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 100 279172874294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 106 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 304937 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8321 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5284	69.7% Good	Read 473 Write 199 Mixed 254 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 3.63 110% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 22 64% 138 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 78%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 10GB free Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 798 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8078	53.8% Above average	Read 307 Write 16.9 Mixed 53.8 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 10.7 106% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 48.8 87% 178 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 9GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1382 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 978 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3663 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	76.7% Very good	Read 173 Write 94.1 Mixed 97.7 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.34 131% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 686 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1253 (C2) HDA temperature 105 89 38 (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	84.9% Excellent	Read 151 Write 145 Mixed 137 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.99 4K Mixed 0.36 126% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x8GB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 67%

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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	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 $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