MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 245 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 680 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 1892 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 80.5 71% 85.9 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 72 64% 78.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,060 Write 993 Mixed 966 225% 1,006 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 36.9 159% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 151 176% 301 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 332%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 222 222 25782059162 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 406 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 406 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 158914510884 (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 200 200 0	96.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 165 Mixed 167 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.21 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD KHX2666C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 28.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

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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	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
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 $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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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 $40	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