MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 15:21
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 407 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4414 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 6.31 3% 5.71 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.35 5% 5.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 1017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 998 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 122 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 113291 (A5) Unknown 100 100 112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 190 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (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 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 198602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 102229 (F5) Unknown 100 100 226582	67.5% Good	Read 472 Write 240 Mixed 266 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 17.1 102% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 17.1 37% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 403GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225321040 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88335540 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 656015394 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11304 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 94489280546 (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 116522462745211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11657032820 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82542054457	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 174 Mixed 170 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WDC WD25 00BEVT-22ZCT0 250GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 160GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Read 36.6 Write 5.14 Mixed 8.98 16% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.24 25% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-040.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF 8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 51%

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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	3,406x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,674x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	460x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,251x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16