MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.1% 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	91.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 05:14
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 162 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 373 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22FF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1224 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 32.7 21% 29.2 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 32.2 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 25%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 210269669 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 -76510547391214 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 66 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 48 77312557086 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 77312557086 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 210269669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 210269669 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 210269669 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3062 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2415 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2415 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1764 (F4) Unknown 99 99 2621474	62.2% Good	Read 506 Write 103 Mixed 152 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 16 107% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 88.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 30.8 44% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 75%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 39347 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 210 (B1) Unknown 78 78 261 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63238788279	91.1% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 349 Mixed 341 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 23.6 128% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 68.3 110% 214 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ABA200V 2TB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OABC0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 21493121304 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3599 (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 98 98 18247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3604 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 219043856412 (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	73.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 135 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 252GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18284667 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 306251833 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 114 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 639041564 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 25 18284667 (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 72919954803579 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2332581458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3189636665	54.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 86.5 Mixed 88.5 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.56 107% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 63%

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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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,248x
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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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16