MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (76%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 05:51
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	76%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 441 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.7% Average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 55 Parallax 44 38% 48.6 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 61.6 48% 59 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2315 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 542 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9254366373	69.2% Good	Read 512 Write 159 Mixed 211 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 16.1 125% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 17.2 30% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 124%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 465GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168128476 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2089 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 166348863 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2089 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 14 (BD) vendor-specific 56 56 44 (BE) vendor-specific 75 57 420675609 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 21 168128476 (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 -43465069017718 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2671168660 (F2) Unknown 100 253 643552977	69.5% Good	Read 123 Write 119 Mixed 103 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.67 137% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 265GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 33552 (03) Spinup time 180 179 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4366 (C2) HDA temperature 119 85 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 191 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 194 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 194 (C8) Write error rate 200 173 0	40.4% Average	Read 71 Write 69.5 Mixed 71.7 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 61%

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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	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 $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