MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	278% 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	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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 16:42
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 712 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2661 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 155 Parallax 134 120% 146 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,746 Write 1,242 Mixed 1,384 392% 1,790 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 46.8 235% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 26.4 150% 346 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 236%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: N1126KB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th 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 100 100 484 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2391 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 52581 (A5) Unknown 100 100 108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 707 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 59802 (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 14 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 105056 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200025 (F5) Unknown 100 100 210324	79.8% Very good	Read 524 Write 150 Mixed 233 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 30.7 135% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 60.4 83% 155 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 400GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6483 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1522 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8495 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 198 203 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 116 Write 125 Mixed 114 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2600 C10 4x4GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 29.8 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 44.8 89% 44.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 112%

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Gaming 42%

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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	3,379x
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 $46

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