MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 14:31
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 525 69% 519 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2747 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 158 Parallax 138 127% 150 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 148 Splatting 115 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8122 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1250 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 56 48 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14178679995	104% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 423 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 27.1 150% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 107 134% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 260GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2291 (C0) Power-off retract count 75 75 30886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 30886 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 210454380585 (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	79.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 135 Mixed 155 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 246GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789399340 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2144 (C0) Power-off retract count 76 76 29193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 29193 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 201864445992 (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	84.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 145 Mixed 139 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 200 Write 51.3 Mixed 63.8 106% 105 MB/s	4K Read 6.65 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.24 43% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 29.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 44.1 91% 44.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 103%

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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