MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 05:12
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 597 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 80%

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. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.01% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 7.16 3% 6.12 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.09 5% 6.32 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.01% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128197187 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 269816951 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 683 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 656015397 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 29 128197187 (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 -102387725361074 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1857268105 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2456908224	40.6% Average	Read 78.8 Write 62.8 Mixed 74.7 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.34 70% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 61%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 297GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 88 202816050 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 438136157 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5398 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 49 757792811 (C2) HDA temperature 43 51 81604378667 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 55 24397439 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.4% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 66.8 Mixed 62 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 254GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 58.6 Write 59.1 Mixed 52.1 72% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 44%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 187GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 36.9 Mixed 31.9 46% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 44%
Sony Card R/W -MS 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 1GB free, PID 01bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 21 Write 17.4 Mixed 20.1 25% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.97 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 1.28 108% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 85%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,772 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	3,385x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

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	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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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