MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	185% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 00:37
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 678 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.1 51% 63.3 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 53.5 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 71GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 650 (AB) Unknown 100 100 161319248 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 897 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5033 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29942888	103% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 498 Mixed 501 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 31.7 145% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 73.7 92% 153 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$129 492 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,859 Write 507 Mixed 840 232% 1,069 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 51.9 213% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 33 108% 239 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 193%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 20GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 4980802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -117931212001033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 646 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 162 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4980802 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4980802 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4980802 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8855 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8931 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8931 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11407	79.2% Very good	Read 508 Write 211 Mixed 314 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 20.3 124% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 10.6 65% 149 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1067 (C2) HDA temperature 127 115 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	97.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 160 Mixed 157 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.26 109% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 802 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44349 (C2) HDA temperature 127 102 23 (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	65.7% Good	Read 119 Write 109 Mixed 106 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 65%

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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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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