MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 00:33
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 368 54% 397 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.7 53% 64.4 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 54.9 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDTR500GB 500GB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 270GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 110 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 92 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1883 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21947 (F2) Unknown 100 100 65301 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15064	82.5% Excellent	Read 486 Write 262 Mixed 275 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 28.3 123% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 47.4 84% 168 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 103%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 19151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (A6) Unknown 100 100 158 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 457 (A9) Unknown 100 100 112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 328 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 201864052766 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2653 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 42808 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22575 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16833 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 413 Write 171 Mixed 242 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 16.3 120% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 27.4 68% 145 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 322GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 30 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3452 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5774 (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 15155 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749085726 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1753 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 107 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 612897	41% Average	Read 72.6 Write 70.1 Mixed 76.5 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 35%

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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	3,385x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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