MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 02:21
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 616 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1948 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 54.6 57% 63.3 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 61.8 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 311 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 49 36 274879676467 (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 100 100 119 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 117 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 33600	81.2% Excellent	Read 523 Write 323 Mixed 406 92% 417 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12.9 116% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 12.9 56% 117 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 97%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 38GB free Firmware: LH6i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -74844100099723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 483 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 53 68722950181 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 483 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 87025 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 87025 (F2) Unknown 100 100 98502 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10301	75.7% Very good	Read 470 Write 171 Mixed 241 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 21.2 133% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 45.1 70% 132 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593878282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -98268851729397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 64 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 51 73017786408 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 73017786408 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593878282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593878282 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593878282 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 90194313217 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2000 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1314 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1314 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2236 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1769483	70.3% Very good	Read 516 Write 137 Mixed 175 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15.3 126% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 97.2 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 32.5 49% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 169 169 17193763052 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 23651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 81 81 23675 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 23675 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 188979281964 (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 0	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 179 Mixed 164 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 113% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 101GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 135 Write 69 Mixed 88.7 114% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.89 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.67 96% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AD64C1D1624E1B Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 AD64C1D1624E1B Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 58%

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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	3,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,249x
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 $94Bench 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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16