MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	89.3% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 18:46
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 632 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 93.6 84% 104 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 101 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21849 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1368 (B1) Unknown 90 90 112 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50965543769	89.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 339 Mixed 343 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 23.8 124% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 77.3 111% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 118%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 54379072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 -32246614426722 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2353 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 55837327387 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 54379072 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 54379072 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 54379072 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5906 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4722 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4722 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19640	68.4% Good	Read 462 Write 121 Mixed 193 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 16.1 124% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 45.7 64% 119 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 81%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 513GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 120 120 51581682307 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1401 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2370 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2370 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197569478690 (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	95.2% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 146 Mixed 152 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.19 106% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 207GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 128 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 48 3277182558922 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196740 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 521338909 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3024 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 4 128 (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 -93552977607994 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4092819140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2747781044	39.3% Below average	Read 97.9 Write 39.3 Mixed 88.1 57% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 96% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 133GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159709432 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76626050 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1360 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 554893342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 561869 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 55834574878 (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 52763673243142 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20530563736 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39685854459	85.6% Excellent	Read 167 Write 132 Mixed 134 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 63%

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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	3,385x
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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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