MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 11 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '16 at 23:00
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 703 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 84.4 63% 75.3 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 80.5 57% 67.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 289 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2686995 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 563 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 67 287764054044 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 70 (EA) Unknown 100 100 418 (F1) Unknown 253 253 311 (F2) Unknown 253 253 357 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 499 Write 354 Mixed 271 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 18.4 122% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 18.7 62% 142 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 28.7 47% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.46 73% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%
Seagate Desktop 500GB 1,637 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 332GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 41.6 Mixed 19.2 42% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.54 78% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 21%
Maxtor OneTouch 250GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 223GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 42.2 Mixed 35.4 50% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.34 57% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,443x
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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