MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.6% 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	120% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1824 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 00:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 725 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1556 MHz, MLim: 1765 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 74.4 Parallax 66.3 59% 71.1 fps	MRender 76.1 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 59.8 55% 67.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 313GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1638415 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 690 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 66 283468824601 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 245 (EA) Unknown 100 100 328 (F1) Unknown 253 253 317 (F2) Unknown 253 253 165 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 494 Write 355 Mixed 324 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 20.9 126% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 41 83% 171 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1890 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 867 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 240 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2864361677	120% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 506 Mixed 418 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 44.8 176% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 150 160% 263 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free Firmware: 505CUA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6968604 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 64029372455072 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1633 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 527 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 52 52 48 (BD) vendor-specific 21 80 47249883157 (C2) HDA temperature 21 80 47249883157 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6968604 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6968604 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6968604 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6496 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4107 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4107 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2074	77.2% Very good	Read 514 Write 270 Mixed 236 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 15.5 120% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 58.9 64% 107 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 27.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

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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