MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 12:59
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 479 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 138 Parallax 121 113% 133 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 132 Splatting 101 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4513 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 359 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4782021176	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 416 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 44.9 176% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 123 148% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -139792595546280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 967 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 38 55837065249 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1806021 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 19 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 69 69 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1806021 (F2) Unknown 100 100 434385 (F9) Unknown 100 100 110226	59.3% Above average	Read 486 Write 112 Mixed 146 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 17.4 95% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 35.6 47% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 79%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 402GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2794 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1509 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4801 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 475 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 150324641820 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 100099 (F1) Unknown 96 92 6196424 (F2) Unknown 98 94 2717748	56.3% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 102 Mixed 104 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 156GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110324749 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 320074291 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31647 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1691 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 555155488 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 18 110324749 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63810329153206 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3929669677 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4166538181	46.8% Average	Read 91.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 92.2 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 70%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 190GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 41.6 Mixed 35.2 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.25 59% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 17.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 92%

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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	3,379x
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	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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 $279	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