MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '16 at 23:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-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 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 636 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7586 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 62 56% 66.5 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 56 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 745 Write 628 Mixed 740 157% 704 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.5 186% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 166 173% 286 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 283%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 42984014346 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 368 (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 1702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 546 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 546 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 214749610023 (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 200 200 0	112% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 186 Mixed 174 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.64 129% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 120%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 881GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4860 (02) Throughput performance 54 52 19579 (03) Spinup time 67 45 10032 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5614 (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 16286 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1161 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8513867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684576798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1690 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 11 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19869	59.6% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 109 Mixed 111 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 881GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 176 (02) Throughput performance 51 51 20593 (03) Spinup time 67 1 10201 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5502 (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 16135 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 85 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1162 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8264016 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274445853 (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 100 100 981 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 85 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11195	69.8% Good	Read 107 Write 136 Mixed 100 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F8G64CC8HD5N-DI 1311 M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 1311 M2F8G64CC8HD5N-DI 1311 M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,384x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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