MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	109% 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	34.4% 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 14:20
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 339 41% 316 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 195 Parallax 190 111% 174 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 167 Splatting 118 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 32923852 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 21595095588137 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 430 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 47 38657785887 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 38657785887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32923852 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32923852 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32923852 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32411 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26341 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26341 (F2) Unknown 0 0 40335	34.4% Below average	Read 158 Write 84.9 Mixed 93.4 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 6.94 72% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 22.4 28% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 73%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$90 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 233GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3405 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4449 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2540 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 31 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1773 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 210453921823 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3098 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 43445 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 210453921823 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 259	48.6% Average	Read 83.9 Write 85.5 Mixed 81.4 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 50%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 172GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 127 127 165 (03) Spinup time 116 116 25791430985 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9583 (05) Reallocated sector count 55 55 941 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 53621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2672 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10465 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 253403463716 (C4) Reallocation count 21 21 1504 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	46.8% Average	Read 76.9 Write 85.9 Mixed 71.6 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 973 (C2) HDA temperature 107 90 36 (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	76.9% Very good	Read 154 Write 114 Mixed 136 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 64%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,776 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,388x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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