MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 279 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 760 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 209 Parallax 202 152% 199 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 181 Splatting 133 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 415GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,370 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,653 405% 1,831 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 64 247% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 240 244% 398 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 84GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1552 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1356 (A5) Unknown 100 100 90222821745 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 349 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 67 287763988511 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1121003241733 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3680 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7557 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6936 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8766 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.2% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 349 Mixed 325 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 20.1 125% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 40.8 96% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1630 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1144 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 58 (AE) Unknown 99 99 137 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1028 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 18 28 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 14920 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8567 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7973	221% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 952 Mixed 1,261 310% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 51.8 212% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 225 220% 356 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 220%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 715GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1648 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124065 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 124 Mixed 121 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

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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	3,378x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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