MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 16:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 649 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2064 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 95% 113 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 51GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26691669 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -55396488163448 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 1005025296418 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26691669 (C4) Reallocation count 87 87 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26691669 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26691669 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 30064771072 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4136 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2801 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2801 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13315	81.7% Excellent	Read 512 Write 257 Mixed 337 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 13.8 122% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 83.4 108% 193 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 89%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26336 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 278 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 926 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2001 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11619340417 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7782801486	33.5% Below average	Read 446 Write 88.3 Mixed 162 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 7.76 4K Mixed 4.69 36% 9.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 187GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133622016 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55443517 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 504692765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 207482 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -123759482626419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40121217115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 138297427206	82.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 147 Mixed 159 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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