MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	76.7% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 18:53
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 692 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 91% 111 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 87.1 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 141 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 42 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1614013 (C2) HDA temperature 71 59 176094511133 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 42 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10425744335 (F7) Unknown 100 100 326888390 (F8) Unknown 100 100 241211158 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1206 (D2) Unknown 100 100 120	76.7% Very good	Read 482 Write 259 Mixed 302 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 24.3 108% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 40.8 75% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 95%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 83GB free Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 569 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1150 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 127829 (A5) Unknown 100 100 117 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 61 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 293 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6632 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 107767 (F2) Unknown 100 100 229514 (F5) Unknown 100 100 255658	86.6% Excellent	Read 520 Write 197 Mixed 264 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 36.8 143% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 72.3 96% 176 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 737GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 2425 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1170 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7974 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 25 (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	90.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 147 Mixed 106 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.34 140% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 4.37 Mixed 9.08 16% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.25 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.83 99% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 28.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 91%

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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	404x

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