MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 04:09
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 470 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 79%

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. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 223 100 735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1052 (A6) Unknown 100 100 161 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 215 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 205 (AE) Unknown 100 100 510 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 231928234014 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17982 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7000 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9229	56.6% Above average	Read 456 Write 176 Mixed 259 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 4 94% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 3.34 14% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 71%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 178 7658 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 121 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 72 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4022 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 287 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 130 Mixed 122 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.21 106% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 101%
ASMT 2115 1.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 474GB free, PID 1151 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.2% Above average	Read 169 Write 137 Mixed 95.5 162% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.38 45% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 57%
Maxone USB 3.0 320GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 169GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 53.4 Write 48.6 Mixed 50.8 65% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.34 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905595-011.A00LF 0467 RMR5040ED58E9W1600 0467 RMR5040ED58E9W1600 10GB 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.4% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,799 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
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 $300	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 $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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16