MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	188% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 19:48
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 622 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 94.4 86% 103 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 94.9 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,930 Write 1,073 Mixed 1,146 305% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 24.2 146% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.7 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 22.6 31% 56 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 236%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3048064 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -108817291403702 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1826 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 167 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 30067458072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3048064 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3048064 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3048064 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7606 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6943 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6943 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6711	47.2% Average	Read 373 Write 62.5 Mixed 116 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 11 88% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 86.1 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 23.9 32% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 765GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87885888 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2875382 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1833 (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 76 59 420216856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23544 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 30064771096 (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 136571370079057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1423471818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9971867815	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 176 Mixed 175 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 278GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52043672 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49173373 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1829 (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 76 59 403374104 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98936 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 25769803800 (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 -80178449476620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11081249046 (F2) Unknown 100 253 717460529888	85.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 149 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 25.7 Mixed 20.4 31% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.46 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.62 62% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 81%

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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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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