MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 12:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 744 79% 629 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1496 MHz, MLim: 1405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 20.1 Parallax 23.5 20% 22.9 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 19.6 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 214GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 634 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 568 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 93 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6121218339	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 48.2 186% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 27.8 60% 115 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7316838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 25744033974298 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1989 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 603 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 45 77312360478 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 77312360478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7316838 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7316838 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7316838 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 73014444032 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10422 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9708 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9708 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15629 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4653097	79.4% Very good	Read 511 Write 234 Mixed 272 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 19.4 120% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 13.8 67% 149 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 22094736 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 209715 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 77 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (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 69 65 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 462 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (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 7838315315234 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2540017394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4446153619	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 174 Mixed 173 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 527GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 129 129 12896633008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2460 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7523 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 201864904737 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.7% Very good	Read 151 Write 116 Mixed 131 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 107%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 24.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

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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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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