MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% 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	111% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '16 at 02:55
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 662 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 61.6 41% 48.7 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 49 Splatting 41.8 34% 41 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 99 99 2147 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 308 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3998146689	111% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 399 Mixed 390 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 46.5 172% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 110 136% 242 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Hitachi HMS 5C4040ALE640 4TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAO Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 128 Mixed 120 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 83613560 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1930341 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 77 68 538116119 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 763 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 60129542167 (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 -16217796509269 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6949207496 (F2) Unknown 100 253 181856905741	98.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 163 Mixed 166 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 524GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 177 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 884 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2216 (C2) HDA temperature 127 105 23 (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 200 200 638 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 92.4 Write 79.3 Mixed 82.8 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 84%
Seagate ST9750422AS 750GB-$69 803 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 476GB free Firmware: 0001BSM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114292928 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7644050 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6339 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 538247197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 825 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57993 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 114292928 (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 7670811591689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1361610649 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2377717799	51.2% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 80.4 Mixed 78.7 64% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.14 51% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 64%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 155GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 132 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5672 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5196 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5672 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 26 (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 3366 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.2% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.6 Mixed 73.2 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 58%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 47GB free Firmware: EC2ZB70W Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 235 235 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1273 (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 66 66 15153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 869 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 514916420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 555015 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 176094576664 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47.1% Average	Read 82.8 Write 81 Mixed 80.1 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% 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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16