MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 488 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 71.4 63% 75.5 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 62 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac ZTSSD-A4P-120G 120GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6367 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1296 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 36 (AD) Unknown 100 100 162267371 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10207496	32.3% Below average	Read 236 Write 24.4 Mixed 12.4 19% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 3.65 66% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 87.4 DQ Write 54.6 DQ Mixed 2.68 20% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 164GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36629960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2001 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106090504 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1996 (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 68 59 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62134 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 55834574880 (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 -5235565129057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31262252261 (F2) Unknown 100 253 226364411503	88.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 157 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 163GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2504 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2170 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 34 (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	87.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 146 Mixed 115 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 109%
INSTALL 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 29GB free, PID 2106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.9% Above average	Read 196 Write 90 Mixed 42.5 114% 109 MB/s	4K Read 5.95 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.61 70% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 28.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 104%

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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	3,404x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,250x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16