MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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	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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 07:10
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 213 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 633 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.70 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 84% 108 fps	Gravity 96.9 Splatting 86.4 80% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 364GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13948 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 97 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 60 49 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6039705385	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 500 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 50.2 179% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 176 180% 293 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 23102903 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 112029926985558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 219 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 51 60132884522 (C2) HDA temperature 42 51 60132884522 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23102903 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23102903 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23102903 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6225 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4748 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4748 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5491	81.6% Excellent	Read 480 Write 248 Mixed 319 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19.4 130% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 71.3 93% 166 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 649GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8798 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4786 (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 30214 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864183839 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4891	69.9% Good	Read 97 Write 147 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.47 107% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 89GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 159 4800 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4787 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 451 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4783 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44% Average	Read 75.2 Write 77.7 Mixed 71.3 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 65%

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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	3,380x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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