MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 264 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 508 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 82%

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: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 68.2 58% 69.4 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 55 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A120G 250GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2483 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 496 (B1) Unknown 98 98 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 41 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5873339450	118% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 502 Mixed 499 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.5 180% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 112 125% 207 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 132%
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 92GB free Firmware: SBFM10.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 94 94 93 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 66	89.9% Excellent	Read 481 Write 438 Mixed 484 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 10.8 116% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 16.3 80% 176 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 97%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1696 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 41 257697382433 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6087179635 (F7) Unknown 100 100 49450824 (F8) Unknown 100 100 371432880	58.5% Above average	Read 261 Write 239 Mixed 245 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 30.1 95% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 47.6 DQ Mixed 58.5 49% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 100%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 30.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 29.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 92.3% 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	3,380x
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	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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 $182	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) $30	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