MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 21:02
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 576 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 255 473 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 3040) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 16.7 10% 14.8 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 17.4 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3446 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 479 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4646112952
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 85 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21492465934 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3368 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4429 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454315041 (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	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 127 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 83940094 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 55 55 46887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 245881452 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (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 41 2057877782562 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 51 83940094 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.7 Mixed 98.3 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 428GB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22063832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146016950 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 622133282 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5713 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 64424509474 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79607218824879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38892639595 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44412641639	79% Very good	Read 127 Write 147 Mixed 132 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.97 242% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB 4,266 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 298GB free Firmware: SC14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231103377 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4341328776 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 754 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 387 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538181664 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 42949672992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 50 231103377 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 94.3 Mixed 88.1 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 262GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 187 3375 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6725 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.7% Average	Read 83.5 Write 86.2 Mixed 82.8 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G M378B5173DB0-CK0 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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