MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 712 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 81.8 72% 87 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 72.5 64% 79.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,034 Write 980 Mixed 989 224% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 26 145% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 25.1 33% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 332%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 164 164 17195008231 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 141 (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 62 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 146029936672 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 175 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.22 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Read 26 Write 3.55 Mixed 5.97 11% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.16 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 20% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2666C11-4GTXD Kingston KHX2666C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD Kingston KHX2666C11D3/4GX 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.5% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 44.7 90% 44.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

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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	3,433x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,687x
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	418x
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	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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