MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% 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	183% 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	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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 09:48
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 274 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 762 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1148 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 93.3 58% 77.8 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 85.6 60% 71.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 991 Write 975 Mixed 991 220% 986 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.8 200% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 552 DQ Mixed 218 245% 412 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 40GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234869696 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2486 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14930244 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1120 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 471531547 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29699 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 51539607579 (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 9105330670119 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10283444665 (F2) Unknown 100 253 848562605826	68.2% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 129 93% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 26.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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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	3,383x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $178	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