MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	25.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 03:23
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 665 74% 584 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 37.4 26% 34 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 25 Splatting 39.4 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2043 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1217 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103107264885 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 263 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 315 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 283468169249 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1125285167366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1096 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3820 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3257 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3296 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67% Good	Read 500 Write 350 Mixed 312 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 11.2 84% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 9.78 15% 28.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 101%
Toshiba MK5076GSX 500GB-$54 7,200 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 56GB free Firmware: GS001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th 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 1982 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8752 (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 74 74 10595 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7822 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 30477 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 2381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 125966 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236223397920 (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 2 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8305 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 6998 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 319 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	38.6% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 69.5 Mixed 65.2 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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