MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.2% 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	80.3% 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.

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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 05:23
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 625 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% HP(103C 2B62) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.46 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 104 80% 102 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 74.7 68% 84.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4TB free Firmware: 0511 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 139 Write 153 Mixed 97 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 0.2 7% 3.85 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 0.42 2% 4.12 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 18%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7007 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 65 (A8) Unknown 100 100 150 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1087 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 210454446116 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 296 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22168 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11605 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11872 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 512 Write 311 Mixed 360 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.8 130% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 18.4 30% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 114%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 169GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 180 180 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 11555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3051 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 77355 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 227633856539 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	57.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 94 Mixed 87.6 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 69GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 77167952 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 874243 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (B4) Unknown 100 100 672844135 (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 77 62 471138327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4218 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 55834574871 (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	112% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 184 Mixed 180 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB 4,871 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $51Bench 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 $168	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