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 (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	78% 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 22:55
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 727 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$75 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9074 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2020 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8999909810	98.8% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 353 Mixed 353 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 27.5 147% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 83.9 123% 233 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 118%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 42GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4097 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 694 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720941 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2949131 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 197569609761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3129 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2631 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6733 (F4) Unknown 100 100 11 (F5) Unknown 100 100 45 (F6) Unknown 100 100 793600	103% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 511 Mixed 509 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 14 126% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 14.4 103% 239 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$75 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 39GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 50 214749347875 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9592856687 (F7) Unknown 100 100 299864980 (F8) Unknown 100 100 151217287 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3570 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	64.9% Good	Read 484 Write 195 Mixed 240 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 10.6 85% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 21.3 68% 148 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 104%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 79336456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30545807416152 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1370 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 47 68722556959 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 68722556959 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 79336456 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 79336456 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 79336456 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16787 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16189 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16189 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8693	78% Very good	Read 474 Write 203 Mixed 254 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.3 134% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 51.9 72% 129 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

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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	3,412x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,256x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16