MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 20:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-4790-$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 (98^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 598 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 144 Parallax 130 112% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 115GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1053 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 545 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1039 (C2) HDA temperature 102 87 50 (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 8	52.6% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 84.2 Mixed 95.4 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.51 124% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 169 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1469 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7187 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 41 (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	44.2% Average	Read 71.1 Write 82.6 Mixed 84.7 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 63GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 76.9 Write 79.8 Mixed 57 90% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 90%

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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	3,385x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
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 $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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