MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (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	16 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 01:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 551 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 77.9 93% 90.8 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 69.5 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1411 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 171 (AE) Unknown 100 100 282 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 38 266288824350 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10292651853 (F7) Unknown 100 100 327297641 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1083091053	75.9% Very good	Read 513 Write 182 Mixed 236 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 26 135% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 19.4 38% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 767GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172477008 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2185 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 379214525 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1441 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 521535518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51492 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 47244640286 (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 -7537667591335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74771567918 (F2) Unknown 100 253 873642828616	90.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 150 Mixed 147 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 92.2 Write 104 Mixed 100 130% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,412x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,257x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16