MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 09:26
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 566 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 88% 112 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 686 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 295776 (A5) Unknown 100 100 337 (A6) Unknown 100 100 237 (A7) Unknown 100 100 290 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 91 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 931 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1084947 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 787251 (F2) Unknown 100 100 487490 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1183104	62.4% Good	Read 475 Write 149 Mixed 225 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 19.5 106% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 19.6 30% 53.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 381GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387853746 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8408 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 201864904743 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.2% Good	Read 136 Write 105 Mixed 111 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 107%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 256GB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217687520 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13781141 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 572194848 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 90194313248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 80.8 Mixed 73.4 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 232GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143061 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.1% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 107 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.2 100% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 58 58 42035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17378 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 7271 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 889233 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	29.7% Poor	Read 52.4 Write 50.9 Mixed 58.6 41% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.11 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 54%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,234 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 295GB free, PID a009 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 95.5 Write 94.4 Mixed 88.6 119% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.07 24% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-2133 1x8GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 44%

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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	3,379x
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	559x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $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