MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 13:21
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 698 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 76.1 63% 77.3 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 69.5 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 181GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20808613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -93329639341997 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 41 68722163738 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 68722163738 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20808613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20808613 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20808613 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963762 (EA) Unknown 0 0 361 (F1) Unknown 0 0 361 (F2) Unknown 0 0 772 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4718647	71.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 194 Mixed 251 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 15.9 109% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 50.3 76% 142 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 85%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 100 100 304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 29 (A3) Unknown 100 100 40 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23511 (A5) Unknown 100 100 87 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 124 (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 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 70905 (F2) Unknown 100 100 64272 (F5) Unknown 100 100 188088	89% Excellent	Read 480 Write 293 Mixed 364 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34 129% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 66 107% 206 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 571GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 58845704 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42375034 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2630 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8941 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 64424509472 (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 -112931870078063 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14509174589 (F2) Unknown 100 253 223127786273	85.2% Excellent	Read 128 Write 168 Mixed 123 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 1.03 248% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 48GB free, PID 6008 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	9.43% Terrible	Read 38.3 Write 10.4 Mixed 10.6 20% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.38 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 25% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.43% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 85%

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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	3,379x
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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $35	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