MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). 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	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 17:19
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 82.6 2-Core 169 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 272 38% 279 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1732 MHz, MLim: 1861 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	0.17% Terrible	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 0.75 0% 0.97 fps	MRender 0.05 Gravity 0.03 Splatting 0 0% 0.03 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 0.17% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9907 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1854 (B1) Unknown 95 95 97 (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 61 46 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46595598848	104% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 398 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 42.2 153% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 109 127% 221 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 217GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 152436512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 68916221831 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 117 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 760731205661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54259 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -136451110984852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41435452051 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37391017026	88.2% Excellent	Read 168 Write 140 Mixed 150 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.2 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 66%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,445x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,688x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	469x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	569x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	418x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	309x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	210x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	382x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	210x

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