MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% 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	95.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 418 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 79.2 53% 67.3 fps	MRender 57.8 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 74.9 52% 61.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 30GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 100 100 173 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 781 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 26 (A3) Unknown 100 100 337 (94) Unknown 100 100 58464 (95) Unknown 100 100 844 (96) Unknown 100 100 705 (97) Unknown 100 100 824 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29874 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40824303976475 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7540 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 85923 (F2) Unknown 100 100 194701 (F5) Unknown 100 100 176443 (F6) Unknown 100 100 116928 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 493 Write 265 Mixed 274 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 20.8 116% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 32.8 64% 132 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 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 98 98 9236 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1271 (B1) Unknown 79 79 253 (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 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 298 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33963662672	95.8% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 352 Mixed 333 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 22.4 150% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 40 90% 188 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 97GB free Firmware: 51.0 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 176 168 6158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1769 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 171914 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	50.1% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 64.8 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 72%

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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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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