MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 08:04
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 194 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 572 51% 433 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Lighting 2.67 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 3.56 2% 3.4 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 2.07 Splatting 6.13 5% 6.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2955 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 9 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1813 (64) Unknown 100 100 4862096 (65) Unknown 100 100 597056 (AA) Unknown 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1018 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 2921 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 665 (B7) Unknown 98 98 28 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2684 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 210454904869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2955 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 271 (E7) Temperature 91 91 9 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8469 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3275 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6567 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7279 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7215	59% Above average	Read 473 Write 172 Mixed 188 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 7.69 75% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 6.76 54% 129 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 17GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 1304 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1098 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 71454 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (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 61 58 706412583 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 111669149735 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 39 1304 (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 35575214112785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1101717372 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2266853688	43.6% Average	Read 78.3 Write 74 Mixed 62.2 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 88%
Seagate ST340014AS 40GB-$50 831 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 6GB free Firmware: 8.05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 57 43 128263323 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 303 (05) Reallocated sector count 52 52 1929 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59536284 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 75961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 905 (C2) HDA temperature 45 58 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 43 128263323 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 36834 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 36834 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 54 207 46	21.4% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 32.8 Mixed 37.4 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.22 50% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 32%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 69GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 42.4 Mixed 23.5 44% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 546 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 94.5 42% 94.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 86%

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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	3,377x
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