MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 01:58
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 506 49% 404 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 56.8 56% 64.8 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 67.4 54% 65.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 94678259075925 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6647 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 223 (B7) Unknown 100 100 58 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 39 38657261598 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 223 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1162053 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 35 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 73 73 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1162053 (F2) Unknown 100 100 636982 (F9) Unknown 100 100 95104	39.8% Below average	Read 470 Write 77.1 Mixed 142 49% 230 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 10.3 53% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 9.6 9% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 79%
WD WD40EMRX-82UZ0N0 4TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 4 (C2) HDA temperature 122 119 28 (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	96.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 167 Mixed 155 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.22 116% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 102%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 109GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1091 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8802 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7759 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8756 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 87.7 Write 72.9 Mixed 67.7 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1601 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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) $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