MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 613 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 89.2 68% 90 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 87 72% 87.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2440 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4359390097 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1526 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 61 261993791525 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2456724046396 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3675 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18721 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17028 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9999 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 497 Write 339 Mixed 319 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 18.1 84% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 38 88% 187 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1127 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1014 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192640 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 111 Write 123 Mixed 122 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 83%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 809GB free, PID a008 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 99.4 Write 97.1 Mixed 74.8 114% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R934G2401U1S Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1201 R934G2401U1S Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.3% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 18.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 21.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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 $273	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 $186	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) $35	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