MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (62%). 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	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 02:23
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 358 40% 317 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.8% Poor	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 31.1 27% 34.2 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 39.7 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81935184 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 433 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21577 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22115 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1463285658	94.5% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 409 Mixed 431 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 27.9 127% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 74.9 119% 226 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 166 6600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (10) Unknown 1 199 31683043922 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 951 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 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	84.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 138 Mixed 134 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.23 109% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3750528AS 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 930GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220676056 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 221032948 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1825 (B4) Unknown 100 100 32928454 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 672268325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21420 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 68719476773 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 180 Mixed 149 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.42 118% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 23GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36798903 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 299130552 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1943 (B4) Unknown 100 100 95147559 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 605028385 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 26 36798903 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.8% Average	Read 91 Write 68.7 Mixed 76.3 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,390x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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