MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 687 75% 594 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 91% 113 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4587 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1735 (B1) Unknown 97 97 93 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 73 62 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 37 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27162953923	110% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 475 Mixed 466 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.2 154% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 89.9 133% 252 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5501 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 174 Write 130 Mixed 120 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 69GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 51.7 Write 54 Mixed 51.8 40% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C11 2x8GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 27 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

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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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
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	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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