MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 18:11
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 98.2 1-Core 81.3 2-Core 248 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 261 34% 254 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.92% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 15.1 9% 13 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 12 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.49 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 35%
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.25% Terrible	Lighting 2.27 Reflection 3.85 Parallax 3.53 2% 3.21 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 4.09 3% 3.7 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.25% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 220 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 30 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 60 56 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1627888252	101% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 402 Mixed 408 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 24.1 145% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 22.8 99% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 296GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 1664 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 30182496462 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3130 (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 67 49 555221025 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 27 1664 (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 -11282879067485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 272961118 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2370161281	53.6% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 101 Mixed 76.6 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.47 86% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 90%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	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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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