MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 19:25
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 666 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 137 Parallax 131 117% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9079 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 229 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048617 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 84 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12419	82.6% Excellent	Read 516 Write 355 Mixed 353 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 10.4 102% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 46.9 93% 190 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 87503885 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 433 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14799908 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -140454020513027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 68 421068825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 380 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5618 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 90194313241 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107640470371962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1780061886 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3233290919	87.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 145 Mixed 121 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5296 (C2) HDA temperature 116 89 27 (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	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 178 Mixed 147 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.35 148% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 835GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161138008 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26915828 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 64 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22925 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131048042131601 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16622464693 (F2) Unknown 100 253 130569063555	86.7% Excellent	Read 133 Write 168 Mixed 138 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.68 197% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 163GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 122 Write 108 Mixed 86.5 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7.35 4K Mixed 0.66 243% 2.94 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 61%

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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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	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