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 (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 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	255% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13.4 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	Jun 22 '18 at 17:59
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 580 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 264GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 32 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 62 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 463079585	111% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 414 Mixed 429 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 44.5 164% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 111 141% 253 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,634 Write 1,188 Mixed 1,351 378% 1,724 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.5 208% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 445 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 133 153% 267 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 236%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 154GB free Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 79207786889968 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2009 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 198 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21534 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23783 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23783 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18101	52.8% Above average	Read 185 Write 180 Mixed 133 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 14.6 95% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 38.9 60% 114 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 163 163 17202938206 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 490 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 490 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 184684773416 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 172 Mixed 164 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.23 107% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 373GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 152 152 17205952867 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1853 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10166 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 193274314793 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 148 Write 109 Mixed 105 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.M16 2x8GB 2,915 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	3,385x
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