MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% 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	115% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 16:13
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 507 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 83% 129 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 113 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 101%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4889 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12045 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1047 (B1) Unknown 93 93 131 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46613843758	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 409 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 48.3 182% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 102 135% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 344GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 890 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3854 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (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	63.5% Good	Read 122 Write 98.8 Mixed 93.9 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 220GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 84 31904104 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 44 32883411 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7293 (BB) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 8589934620 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 49 14548363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 64 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.1% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 55.1 Mixed 56.1 43% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.36 79% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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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	3,393x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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