MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% 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	46.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 00:28
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 667 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 93% 112 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 102GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2307 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 94 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1772486542	77.5% Very good	Read 493 Write 275 Mixed 280 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 25.7 125% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.3 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 61.9 54% 78 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18868 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 933 (B1) Unknown 92 92 93 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 619 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28776008351	46.3% Average	Read 498 Write 144 Mixed 204 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 1.67 66% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1004 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 744 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 638 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 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 200 199 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 139 Mixed 122 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 264GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 89 73876293 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8812 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 417 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 361428601 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 53330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2993 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 760 (BC) Unknown 100 99 98785820703 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 488308764 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 14 73876293 (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 69608535024766 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1476949470 (F2) Unknown 100 253 975446635	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 88.9 Mixed 94.4 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.41 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 57GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 180 1058 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2857 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1790 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8699 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 30 (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	56.6% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 102 Mixed 90.9 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 69%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 62GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 38.9 Mixed 37.5 49% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2424 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 23.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,663x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,243x
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	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	205x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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