MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '16 at 17:17
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 214 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 626 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 61.4 57% 66.9 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 57.3 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Qnap iSCSI Storage 966GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 900GB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.6% Poor	Read 108 Write 90.1 Mixed 91.7 22% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 9.61 33% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 19.7 19% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$45 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11154842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -10574209482626 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 35 73016737823 (C2) HDA temperature 31 35 73016737823 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11154842 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11154842 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11154842 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963658 (EA) Unknown 0 0 158 (F1) Unknown 0 0 158 (F2) Unknown 0 0 254 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2293779	64% Good	Read 471 Write 185 Mixed 232 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 15.5 89% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 40.5 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 69 7225 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4387 (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 9352 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2526 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 227634053153 (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 100 100 314 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 142 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4542	55.3% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 107 Mixed 96.9 73% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.48 118% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 75%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 146 Write 20.1 Mixed 18.3 52% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.81 129% 6.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 71%

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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	3,380x
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