MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.3% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 02:15
Run Duration	421 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 468 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 33.4 Parallax 63 41% 48.8 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 41.4 34% 40.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6658 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1494 (B1) Unknown 90 90 119 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28068055041
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 46GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57535912 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49939959 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1479 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 39210057761 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53050 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 -140737488355295 (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 -46969762346107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17122381938 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34118969789	69.2% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 116 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 1,276 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	5.6% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 2.53 Mixed 4.2 9% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.68 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.6% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 26 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 77%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,764 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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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