MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	201% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 17:08
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 262 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 760 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 204 Parallax 196 148% 194 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 174 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 451GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,340 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,562 396% 1,789 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 62.1 239% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 226 232% 381 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 84GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1422 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98813149559 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 362 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 67 287763988508 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1129593176327 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3699 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7698 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7063 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8973 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 499 Write 351 Mixed 337 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 19.5 124% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 37.4 54% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4222 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1210 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 78 (AE) Unknown 99 99 145 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1028 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 18 26 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 20112 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9963 (F2) Unknown 99 99 9748	201% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 948 Mixed 1,256 309% 1,403 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 30.3 186% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 30.4 73% 143 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 220%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 274GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1875 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1659 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 402 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133728 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 24 (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	73% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 128 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,383x
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 $45	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