MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.3% 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	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 13:40
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 499 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.3% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 35.8 25% 31.6 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 31.2 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,182 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: .1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 582 Write 186 Mixed 231 72% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 13.1 79% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 12.8 24% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 108%
Samsung HE753LJ 750GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 261GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6210 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4118 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 525 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4030 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 488308763 (C2) HDA temperature 73 50 488243227 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 849307 (C4) Reallocation count 87 87 525 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	64.9% Good	Read 105 Write 121 Mixed 116 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.54 138% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 65%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 5GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228418172 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1563 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9970464 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1544 (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 72 51 505020444 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15648 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 81604378652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 24 228418172 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	33.2% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 54.4 Mixed 50.8 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.36 71% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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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	3,384x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $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