MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48% 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	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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 02:07
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 505 54% 429 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 54.2 49% 58.3 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 50 46% 57.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4104748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -66503273586951 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1983 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 508 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 68 73018900518 (C2) HDA temperature 38 68 73018900518 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4104748 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4104748 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4104748 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14739 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5636 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5636 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11403	71.6% Very good	Read 482 Write 144 Mixed 199 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 19 124% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 39.3 64% 125 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 595GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1984 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2517 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 122 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 64%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,763 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	3,379x
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	405x

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