MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.6% 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.

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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 colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 21:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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)	75.3% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 492 55% 430 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 83% 108 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 101 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 18185341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -121006408576383 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3217 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18185341 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18185341 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18185341 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22665 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17720 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17720 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28268	62.6% Good	Read 478 Write 133 Mixed 191 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 12.1 101% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 10.3 46% 103 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: HP22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143323706 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5906 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 29 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 9031355296 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5906 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295950361 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 77 57 386990103 (C2) HDA temperature 23 43 55834574871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 18 143323706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 120 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.48 116% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 431GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5536 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 25 (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	85.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 148 Mixed 138 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.28 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 96%

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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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16