MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 12:51
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 210 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 592 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 103 Parallax 92.5 80% 97.6 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 89.1 73% 88.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 28439261 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 60705067771510 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1335 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 94 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (C2) HDA temperature 26 39 64427065370 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28439261 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28439261 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28439261 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38484 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34796 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34796 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22377	51.4% Above average	Read 452 Write 223 Mixed 264 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 11.2 61% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 54.5 DQ Mixed 10.1 16% 29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 881GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180985384 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14949846 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 403963928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60500 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 60129542168 (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 15169824491921 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3252985378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 400240720789	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 175 Mixed 172 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.18 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,380x
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	1,241x
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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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