MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	79.1% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4770K-$477 47,330 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.3% Good	SC Int 107 SC Float 108 SC Mixed 57.9 73% 91 Pts	QC Int 350 QC Float 274 QC Mixed 362 75% 329 Pts	MC Int 550 MC Float 582 MC Mixed 572 85% 568 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$310 236,054 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 3734) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2237 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 124 Reflection 184 Parallax 140 40% 149 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 143 Splatting 174 58% 141 fps
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$150 9,520 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 64GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13484021 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -36258113904769 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 92 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 46 60132556830 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 60132556830 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13484021 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13484021 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13484021 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15123 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9475 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9475 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8867	79.1% Very good	Read 463 Write 216 Mixed 246 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 22.6 128% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 66.4 92% 170 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 247GB free Firmware: JP2OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 102 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897616067 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3088 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7717 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7717 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 219043790881 (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	69% Good	Read 116 Write 125 Mixed 118 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$35 52,838 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 93GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 46 (03) Spinup time 178 172 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13386 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13388 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.9% Average	Read 84.8 Write 74.9 Mixed 78.7 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 15,236 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 64%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) - $160

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $376Bench 88%, 136,972 samples	5,325x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 82%, 71,375 samples	3,362x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 52,829 samples	545x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 265,166 samples	2,759x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	1,491x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 192,874 samples	1,065x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	1,617x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	1,012x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $174Bench 79%, 69,581 samples	428x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 29,976 samples	697x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 11,630 samples	538x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 15,236 samples	310x

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Total price: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12