MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 11:59
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 445 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 202 Parallax 209 146% 197 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 188 Splatting 122 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14864 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2032 (B1) Unknown 73 73 325 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 45 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 309 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60853797189	92.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 350 Mixed 331 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 24.1 133% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 69.7 107% 205 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 780GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60581296 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22361006 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5636 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1059 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 639369254 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8830 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 90194313254 (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 121169617360188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13170446699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84650572994	87.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 168 Mixed 120 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 108%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 26GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 498451036 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3642 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 42 60836085802 (C2) HDA temperature 42 58 94489280554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 65 152013788 (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	29.4% Poor	Read 47.6 Write 54.8 Mixed 51.1 39% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% 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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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