MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (40%). 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	6.8 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4330-$140 6,343 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 137 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 270 36% 272 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2731) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.8.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 31.1 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 32.8 22% 26 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB-$80 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 102GB free Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (AB) Unknown 80 80 17636688 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 2 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 60 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4040035	79.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 271 Mixed 354 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 16.2 108% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 49 96% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10901510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -11493332466104 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 526 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 149 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 41 55837261851 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 55837261851 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10901510 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10901510 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10901510 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15208 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11561 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11561 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7475	26.2% Poor	Read 120 Write 75.2 Mixed 75.9 20% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 4.2 49% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 57 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 20.2 29% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 418GB free Firmware: CR100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7680 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3116 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44095 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1279 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 107723 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 98 98 237 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 21 (C2) HDA temperature 166 94 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 107723 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 936 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 100	42.7% Average	Read 72.4 Write 76.1 Mixed 80.3 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 44%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2215 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 480 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 862338 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 25 (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 0	25.1% Poor	Read 43.1 Write 43.7 Mixed 43.8 33% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 DDR3-1333 1319 CL9-9-9 DDR3-1333 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 10GB 1333, 1333, 1600 MHz 1024, 1024, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.2% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns

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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	3,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,249x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16