MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 17:45
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 608 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 212 Parallax 192 144% 194 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 185 Splatting 129 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 383GB free Firmware: X413 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 338 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1441806 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 531 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 38 163209871395 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 219 (EA) Unknown 100 100 290 (F1) Unknown 253 253 271 (F2) Unknown 253 253 91 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 348 Mixed 337 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 20.3 130% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 46 92% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 108%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -29154237095846 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2209 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2209 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 677850 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 677850 (F2) Unknown 100 100 720748 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26957	59.7% Above average	Read 256 Write 140 Mixed 179 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 18.4 115% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 56.9 72% 129 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 95%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 14GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179727490 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 203951025 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2935 (B4) Unknown 100 100 369560524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098377 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 588513314 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 27 179727490 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	26.7% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 47.6 Mixed 32.7 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 2133, 1600, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.8% 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	3,383x
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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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 $177	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