MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 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	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 06:51
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 440 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3070) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1180 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 46% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 3 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 97 (03) Spinup time 121 121 55878353426 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3344 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 339303137313 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 107 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 69%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Read 26 Write 10.2 Mixed 10.2 17% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.96 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 23% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 2x4GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,248x
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 $80Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16