MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 18:23
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 658 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 202 Parallax 183 148% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 121GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 56 188979347478 (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 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 5580129008 (F7) Unknown 100 100 174461408 (F8) Unknown 100 100 56716645	94.4% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 334 Mixed 399 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 32.9 144% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 46.6 86% 164 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3580 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 490 (B1) Unknown 99 99 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 76 64 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 68 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5946297046	112% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 415 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 46.2 177% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 112 134% 235 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6091 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 902 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (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 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 257 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33040065736	53.2% Above average	Read 494 Write 30.3 Mixed 48.6 40% 191 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 10.1 81% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 56.3 DQ Mixed 20 60% 138 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 262GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388115890 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6661 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 274878365722 (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	58.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 98.7 Mixed 29.7 56% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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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	3,382x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,663x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,243x
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	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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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