MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 03:45
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 222 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 566 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.6 40% 45.2 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 36.3 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 70.5 Write 112 Mixed 127 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 9.06 4K Mixed 0.63 6% 3.43 MB/s	DQ Read 2.65 DQ Write 6.22 DQ Mixed 1.81 2% 3.56 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 18%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 64GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6507 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 735 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 41 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2520877412	112% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 400 Mixed 412 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 47.1 173% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 119 143% 251 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 131%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21957813 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -112931870073004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (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 40 60132163610 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60132163610 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21957813 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21957813 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21957813 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 65 65 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48927 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8621 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8621 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7591 (F4) Unknown 92 92 17629453	47.6% Average	Read 236 Write 98.3 Mixed 111 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 11.6 99% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 66.4 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 29 38% 67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 274GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1643 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1074 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 510 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 319 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 348	66.4% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 121 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.26 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.9% 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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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