MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 23:17
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 600 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 179 Parallax 174 125% 169 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 166 Splatting 121 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 52606238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65721589563525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 46 60132556831 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 60132556831 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 52606238 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 52606238 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 52606238 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963730 (EA) Unknown 0 0 216 (F1) Unknown 0 0 216 (F2) Unknown 0 0 353 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6881350	63.7% Good	Read 502 Write 153 Mixed 214 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 14.5 90% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 49.4 73% 136 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239688192 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3088448 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 67 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16838 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (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 115027814122508 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10745151994 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30894462793	87.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 150 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 724GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240377568 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14920523 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54761 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 47244640283 (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 66095251720116 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11764737207 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64655918543	78.1% Very good	Read 150 Write 123 Mixed 139 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3000DM008-2DM166 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 689GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 202797811 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 61 12491656 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 49636937042008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 67 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3525 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 85899345946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 202797811 (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 19602230740191 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7114674219 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2506268563	55.2% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 93.2 Mixed 54.7 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.98 4K Write 5.62 4K Mixed 0.39 313% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GB 6,864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 60%

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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	3,395x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,670x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	208x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	378x
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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16