MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	231% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 15:34
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.9 GHz, turbo 6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 140 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 776 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% 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: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2328 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 85.2 86% 102 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,038 Write 915 Mixed 1,101 297% 1,351 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 49.9 247% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 593 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 30.7 137% 316 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6448 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2602 (B1) Unknown 94 94 115 (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 64 44 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 789 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26876180737	115% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 409 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42.8 182% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 111 142% 253 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 403GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 213293862 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27183009 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1519 (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 65 50 589496355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1518 (C2) HDA temperature 35 15 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 213293862 (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 -28445568398992 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11777201027 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18300035292	83.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 126 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 26.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 29.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,764 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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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