MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '16 at 23:45
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 660 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 83.8 62% 74.6 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 79.8 56% 67 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4522027 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 563 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 67 287764054046 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 295 (EA) Unknown 100 100 909 (F1) Unknown 253 253 734 (F2) Unknown 253 253 826 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 492 Write 267 Mixed 260 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 18.4 116% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 35.6 76% 159 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 100 9766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0
Poor: 58% Great: 107%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 40.9 Mixed 33.6 49% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.49 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%
Seagate Desktop 500GB 1,637 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 313GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 40 Write 41.2 Mixed 15.8 39% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.52 79% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%
Maxtor OneTouch 250GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 223GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 40 Write 41.5 Mixed 23.6 44% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.38 57% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 18.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 72%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,883 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	3,442x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,688x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	468x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,271x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	568x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	418x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	308x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	210x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	382x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	209x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $158
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363