MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	87.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '16 at 22:58
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 242 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 642 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 105 86% 106 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 93.5 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 615 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9765091 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 62 41 253404446758 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 35649 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27952 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5813 (F4) Unknown 100 100 149 (F5) Unknown 100 100 227 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10225984	87.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 489 Mixed 508 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 13.6 84% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 13.8 89% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 111%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 67GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 8181471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -30743375884334 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2979 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8181471 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8181471 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8181471 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29128 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27164 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27164 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17873	44.3% Average	Read 196 Write 103 Mixed 124 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 11.8 88% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 30.8 44% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 296GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219782016 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13936774 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (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 66 60 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61510 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 81604378658 (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 72816875537915 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5407651699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180723708887	88.7% Excellent	Read 178 Write 132 Mixed 140 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 78GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 47 9409 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4710 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25038 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3791 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 201864380452 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 51913	81.1% Excellent	Read 131 Write 151 Mixed 117 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.39 121% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-400.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 64%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16