MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	97.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 04:15
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 693 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 91% 112 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 102 Splatting 85.8 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3964 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1135 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10909134034	97.1% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 398 Mixed 413 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 21.9 135% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 21.6 95% 214 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1128 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20801 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.3% Very good	Read 117 Write 131 Mixed 122 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 87%

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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	3,433x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,686x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,267x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	568x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	417x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	307x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	381x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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Total price: $648

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