MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 02:34
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 743 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10260 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 799 (B1) Unknown 98 98 61 (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 57 47 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 355 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31563713250	110% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 503 Mixed 512 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.6 179% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.3 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 27.5 38% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 54019 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2554 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 971 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 255457 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 195 195 1306 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 252652 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 23
Poor: 26% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 83 235843488 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5560 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 4472 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47792978 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3249 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 5202706473 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 712 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41024 (C2) HDA temperature 41 54 -140737488355287 (C5) Current pending sector count 91 87 1600 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 91 87 1600 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41983305304280 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41909337455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48293368094
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151710864 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48318785 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 9464119336 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 711 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40777 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 -140737488355288 (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 22801981388553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41919332533 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48258719125
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214737848 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4325444074 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 857407527 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42796 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 77309411367 (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 74891344750654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24352845346 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143090128890	119% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 234 Mixed 214 159% 210 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 3.42 4K Mixed 0.28 140% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80713112 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 21505236445 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 790298661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43405 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 77309411365 (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 -101451422488509 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24354351578 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134503665998	137% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 238 Mixed 204 170% 227 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.31 142% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 29 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 119%

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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	3,379x
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) $30	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