MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31% 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)
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 12:10
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 452 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E217) 2GB CLim: 1103 MHz, MLim: 1314 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 51.4 32% 42.1 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 33 Splatting 39.6 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2717 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 489 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 56 55 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4947715460	122% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 420 Mixed 419 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.1 198% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 132 154% 268 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Seagate Backup+ RD 2TB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free Firmware: A905 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 78.2 Write 122 Mixed 121 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 64%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 332GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 84 84 5620 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2363 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 538247199 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	43.3% Average	Read 71.3 Write 79.5 Mixed 83.2 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 263GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183137094 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 228003407 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2782 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 672858150 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 42949672998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 25 183137094 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -19228568555540 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2466423132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 243435485	50.6% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 87.8 Mixed 85.2 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.47 105% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 68%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 450GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 39.1 Mixed 19 40% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.31 54% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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