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 as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	81.5% 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.

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	10.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 05:23
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^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)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 646 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (A5) Unknown 100 100 270718338734 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 304 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 43 184684445730 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2564132766293 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4823 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8916 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6867 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19954 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 403 Write 212 Mixed 252 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 25.4 136% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 62 104% 206 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58388729 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42950328346 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 487981084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6941 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 4 0 (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 -126117419667330 (F1) Unknown 100 253 969131108 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2457025249	64.7% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 115 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.52 108% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 75%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 338GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 175 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 942 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48639 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (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	56.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 93.7 Mixed 89.4 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 273GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 125 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43549 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 25 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 113 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 109%

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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	3,378x
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	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

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 $275	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) $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