MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	219% 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 00:46
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 137 2-Core 249 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 672 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 203 Parallax 176 146% 186 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 174 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% 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% 349GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,339 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,652 402% 1,818 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 57.9 238% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 235 244% 403 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 85GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1406 (A5) Unknown 100 100 94518116725 (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 100 100 359 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 67 287763988516 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1125298209030 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3681 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7642 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7012 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8942 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.9% Excellent	Read 497 Write 351 Mixed 333 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 19.7 123% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 41.9 97% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2702 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1194 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 68 (AE) Unknown 99 99 141 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1028 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 18 31 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 17536 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9364 (F2) Unknown 99 99 8871	219% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 1,019 Mixed 1,249 312% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 43.9 198% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 228 223% 359 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 220%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 351GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 131652 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 34 (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	75.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 135 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 42.3 Write 16.1 Mixed 25.4 32% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.43 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.6 52% 3.02 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 23%

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 (96^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.9 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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