MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.9% 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	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '16 at 22:57
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 665 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 54.8 36% 50.2 fps	MRender 50.3 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 39.2 35% 43.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 3577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 432 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 56 188979478550 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20491210816 (F7) Unknown 100 100 653446790 (F8) Unknown 100 100 844384508	93.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 470 Mixed 465 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 19.7 120% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 31.4 75% 150 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 409GB free Firmware: SM30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 145527128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 969853 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 63 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2282 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 64424509465 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	36.7% Below average	Read 75.9 Write 50.4 Mixed 51.7 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.21 4K Mixed 0.46 168% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 342GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214085992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36101013 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065675 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 437321753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 21 21 158192 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 153 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70510478102020 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23559309153 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64142120617	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 179 Mixed 173 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 287GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 91 78505251 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 59 185133842671 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2106 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 40 2697827975203 (C2) HDA temperature 35 60 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 52 24640855 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.3% Average	Read 76.5 Write 74.3 Mixed 73.3 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 147GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 304187562 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1938 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 856621086 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 86 63 103443759 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	52.8% Above average	Read 89 Write 94.9 Mixed 88.4 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 78%

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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