MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	262% 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	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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 05:50
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 139 2-Core 249 93% 162 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 762 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2673 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 160 Parallax 139 121% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 147 Splatting 117 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,756 Write 1,220 Mixed 1,460 397% 1,812 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 28.1 196% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 532 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 26.3 140% 321 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 236%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: N1126KB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 100 100 484 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2205 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 51032 (A5) Unknown 100 100 108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 619 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 57557 (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 14 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101425 (F2) Unknown 100 100 196609 (F5) Unknown 100 100 204128	80.9% Excellent	Read 527 Write 150 Mixed 234 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 32.2 138% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 61.8 83% 154 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 400GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6323 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8276 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 198 203 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 114 Write 125 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.49 107% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2600 C10 4x4GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2600 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 26.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 41.2 97% 41.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 112%

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	403x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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