MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	237% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 05:07
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 695 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393); EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 204 Parallax 182 151% 191 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 1,208 Mixed 1,061 314% 1,425 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 54.5 222% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 154 165% 276 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 353%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 33GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35720 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1393 (E8) Unknown 100 100 112091153214 (E9) Unknown 95 0 95	105% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 400 Mixed 407 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 34.5 159% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 18.6 93% 211 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 627GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 144 144 21505638795 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5941 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5941 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 227634446383 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 138 Mixed 130 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 58GB free Firmware: 03.03B03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 162 156 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5632 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3211 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 758 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5613 (C2) HDA temperature 100 95 47 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.3% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 96.2 Mixed 87 68% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 69%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 15GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 301 (03) Spinup time 149 146 3541 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2522 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 730 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6050 (C2) HDA temperature 99 92 44 (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 7	28.1% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 47.8 Mixed 47.2 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 44%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 500GB 315GB free, PID 0000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.9% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 41 Mixed 11.7 36% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.92 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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