MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 16:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	43%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 210 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 482 55% 428 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 71.4 62% 73.2 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 70.3 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13373 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2074 (B1) Unknown 87 87 265 (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 57 36 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 485 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45090859686	69.8% Good	Read 480 Write 363 Mixed 190 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 17.6 84% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 46 44% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 620GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 7307424 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33087513 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 3041392590881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26183 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 68719476769 (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 -46553150517336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 75436989260 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47938406303	93.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 168 Mixed 156 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 420GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1855 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2318 (C2) HDA temperature 107 82 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 147 Mixed 119 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns

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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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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