MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.9% 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	94.2% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '16 at 02:21
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 432 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.9 95% 110 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1272 (E8) Unknown 100 100 23529614990 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	94.2% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 367 Mixed 386 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 31.8 140% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 97.9 122% 216 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 104%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$129 492 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 17GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 142 Mixed 289 84% 389 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 48.5 166% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 127 146% 255 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 193%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 110GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 198 3025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2805 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2813 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 99 Mixed 96.1 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.47 133% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 69%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 942GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 94.6 Write 90.7 Mixed 83.6 114% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1200 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 59%

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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	3,384x
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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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