MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 04:23
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 258 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 742 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: CS900612 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 58 58 1049 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3	89.8% Excellent	Read 521 Write 481 Mixed 503 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 13.2 128% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 18.9 31% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 141GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10703 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2429 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3368746442	101% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 417 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.2 164% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 96.7 95% 142 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7603200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 51848845210735 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3473 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 451 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 46 73017458724 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 73017458724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7603200 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7603200 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7603200 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22286 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12519 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12519 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14796	65.7% Good	Read 483 Write 199 Mixed 239 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 14.5 108% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 13.6 28% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10671 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2446 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 88 88 11713 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7618256377	118% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 424 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49 188% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 117 145% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 139GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 10549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 16707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 6252 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 415826059 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 122017 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 210454249505 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.3% Average	Read 68.8 Write 74.9 Mixed 70.8 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 45%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 71GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6947 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4181 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6945 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 34 (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	47.8% Average	Read 80.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 86.6 64% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

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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	3,390x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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