MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 13:56
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 413 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2835) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 55.6 38% 48.2 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 39.5 40% 49.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 60GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5627 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 503 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 63 41 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7946456294	114% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 394 Mixed 415 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 49.1 181% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 118 142% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11946773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 119846767443958 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 641 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (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 11946773 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11946773 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11946773 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29485 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22713 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22713 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16087	43.1% Average	Read 188 Write 89.8 Mixed 104 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 13.9 85% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 24 44% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 61%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 468GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5130 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10542 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 37300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4155 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 437256218 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 487587869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 160294 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	60.2% Good	Read 100 Write 109 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.49 124% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBALT 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBALT 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%

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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	3,412x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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