MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 17:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 274 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 753 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 112% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1197 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 812 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 38 (AE) Unknown 99 99 99 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1028 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 18 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 9728 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5339 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4367	228% Outstanding	Read 1,941 Write 1,101 Mixed 1,300 320% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 49.6 208% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 244 242% 392 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 220%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 124GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1123 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1027 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77332742446 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 232 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 67 287763988510 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 369372758102 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3050 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6192 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5648 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6509 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 348 Mixed 337 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 21.1 126% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 43.2 99% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1321 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66526 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 26 (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	74.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 131 Mixed 118 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 18.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 84%

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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