MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (32%). 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	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 20:56
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 216 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 575 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 181 Parallax 175 137% 175 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 169 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 228 100 740 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (A6) Unknown 100 100 137 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 188 (A9) Unknown 100 100 216 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 186 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 100 257698037808 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1614 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 30233 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10321 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15430	75.8% Very good	Read 488 Write 331 Mixed 386 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 4.51 110% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 4.26 42% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 35GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 11185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1555 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 241 (AE) Unknown 100 100 256 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 51 210453397544 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37002691829 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1169902315 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2652644785	89.1% Excellent	Read 500 Write 264 Mixed 344 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.2 136% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 50.3 97% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 988GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386215317 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1795 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2875 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2875 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274380323 (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	36.7% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 69.3 Mixed 83 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 273GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16723208 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 81728279172 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2199 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 120606 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 55834574881 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21479131454826 (F1) Unknown 100 253 145904972666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107597014713	63% Good	Read 115 Write 104 Mixed 113 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 91%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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