MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.2% 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	130% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín, 1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 11:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 678 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 99.9 98% 116 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 106 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 134GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1701 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 167 (AE) Unknown 100 100 166 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749282334 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30334494438 (F7) Unknown 100 100 278284337 (F8) Unknown 100 100 70993136	114% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 482 Mixed 494 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.1 158% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 65.7 127% 255 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 715 Write 537 Mixed 572 135% 608 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.2 196% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 62.2 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 35.8 91% 180 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139137128 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24257975 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1704 (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 70 57 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95085 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 55834574878 (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 -83640193114499 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36214178094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 685863522929	94% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 152 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 86%

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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	3,385x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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