MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín, 1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 238 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 676 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 122 Parallax 95.1 87% 108 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 134GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1701 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 167 (AE) Unknown 100 100 166 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 214749282333 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30317762726 (F7) Unknown 100 100 277748448 (F8) Unknown 100 100 70979763	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 470 Mixed 494 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 37.7 151% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 66.7 126% 251 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 530 Mixed 576 133% 599 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 33.1 194% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 177 222% 396 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
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 as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135368640 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24254716 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1704 (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 70 57 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95081 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 55834574878 (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 72413148618365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36209241446 (F2) Unknown 100 253 685860523178	94.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 156 Mixed 151 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 23 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,664x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
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	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

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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 $40	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