MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22% 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	67.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 09:32
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 Xeon E3-1231 v3-$40 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 490 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22% Poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 33% 43.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 326GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 757 Write 635 Mixed 770 161% 721 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 63 254% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 235 266% 461 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 283%
PNY SSD2SC240G3LC726B104-370I 240GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 110GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5045510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -132774618987841 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1539 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 51542294553 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5045510 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5045510 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5045510 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25282 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11635 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11635 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21577	82.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 247 Mixed 282 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 21.3 125% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 62.7 96% 180 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 20959702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -92848602991815 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1832 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 24 98785820800 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20959702 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20959702 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20959702 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9309 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8865 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8865 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10288	67.5% Good	Read 487 Write 118 Mixed 176 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 16.4 121% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 42.1 57% 104 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16