MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '15 at 21:48
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 126 2-Core 254 86% 190 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 657 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 837GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 173036796 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1473902 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (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 73 62 454361115 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 90194313243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 43 173036796 (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 -90872918048721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2127976012 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3913257759	49.9% Average	Read 88 Write 85.7 Mixed 11.4 44% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.56 109% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 68%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 40.8 Mixed 28.2 46% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.47 78% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%
Seagate Desktop 500GB 1,637 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 332GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 40.4 Write 41.1 Mixed 16.5 40% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%
Maxtor OneTouch 250GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 223GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 41.6 Mixed 14.6 39% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.39 55% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

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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	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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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