MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	263% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 15:30
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 239 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 657 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 197 Parallax 173 145% 183 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 164 Splatting 135 115% 141 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 953GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (A5) Unknown 100 100 180423229907 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2172 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 61 261993332766 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1241262326049 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7379 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8999 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6428 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11257 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 341 Mixed 332 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 20.1 125% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 38.2 52% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 106%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 536GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 132 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3992822413	111% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 419 Mixed 429 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35.7 169% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 180 170% 265 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 135%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 1,749 Mixed 1,558 400% 1,799 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 38 211% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 51.5 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 38.1 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 96%

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Gaming 42%

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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	3,384x
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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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