MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	87.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '16 at 22:23
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 442 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 90% 109 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 98.2 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4444 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.31% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 7.53 4% 6.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.31% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 100 100 903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2603 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 58 180389806119 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1550497861 (F7) Unknown 100 100 48504659 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47040027	87.7% Excellent	Read 503 Write 383 Mixed 410 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 26.4 99% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 15.9 92% 213 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB 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 151 147 11425 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1394 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1392 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1321 (C2) HDA temperature 117 111 35 (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	94.6% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 152 Mixed 155 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.01 4K Mixed 0.23 116% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147989368 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18549255 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504692766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69931 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 60129542174 (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 58252641440221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24396765566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35705204357	97.1% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 148 Mixed 145 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 29.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 28 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,667x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	560x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16