MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	76.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 18:14
Run Duration	370 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 624 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 70 Parallax 63.1 58% 68 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 65 Splatting 58.3 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 55692080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -102452149870638 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1940 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 531 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 9048 (BD) vendor-specific 13 41 25772490765 (C2) HDA temperature 13 41 25772490765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 55692080 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 55692080 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 55692080 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19470 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13555 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13555 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10743	76.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 181 Mixed 218 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 17.9 129% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 44.5 71% 137 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3250312CS 250GB-$90 1,923 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 232GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158774000 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35067830 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 437583898 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 73 69 158774000 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.8% Below average	Read 82.9 Write 52.1 Mixed 67 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.42 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 62%
General UDisk 1TB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 28GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	2.44% Terrible	Read 9.22 Write 3.39 Mixed 5.53 7% 6.05 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.44% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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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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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