MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.2% 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	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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 14:03
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 666 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 849E) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.2% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 84.9 56% 73.4 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 50 54% 67.6 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U512G1002 512GB 4,967 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4131002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 97 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6488138 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 579 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 71 304944316457 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90194313237 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 431 (EA) Unknown 100 100 711 (F1) Unknown 253 253 651 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1356 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 502 Mixed 419 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 20.5 106% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 59 108% 216 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 97%
PNY Optima 120GB-$77 197 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 111GB free Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1756 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3316 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 99 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 71592 (A5) Unknown 100 100 117 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 70 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 29 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 44385 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1387 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1992	79.8% Very good	Read 520 Write 151 Mixed 234 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.2 138% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 61.4 85% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 82%
PNY Optima 120GB-$77 197 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 67GB free Firmware: N0307A 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1675 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1893 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 99 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 68092 (A5) Unknown 100 100 116 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 37973 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1186 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1775	80.5% Excellent	Read 523 Write 152 Mixed 234 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.5 138% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 63.5 87% 163 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 349GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30632448 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1744 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3443370 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1727 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14233 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 73014444061 (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 80371723012775 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8191655479 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10865170052	82.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 131 Mixed 113 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.26 73% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 803GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 90.2 Write 87.9 Mixed 67.9 103% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 42%
WDC WD50 00BEVT-75ZAT0 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 204GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.4% Very poor	Read 35 Write 35.1 Mixed 32.3 44% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x8GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 75%

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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 $177	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