MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% 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	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 05:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 602 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 20.6 18% 19.9 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 17 18% 22.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7238921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18184891534890 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 123 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 45 90197262369 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 90197262369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7238921 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7238921 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7238921 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 171798691841 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16205 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12653 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12653 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5189 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9764986	53.6% Above average	Read 429 Write 125 Mixed 161 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 12.2 81% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 92.7 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 33.8 49% 89 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 519GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 99 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16973 (C2) HDA temperature 112 88 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 308 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7765802062 (F2) Unknown 200 200 15829167530	65.7% Good	Read 160 Write 69.3 Mixed 106 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.17 87% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 115GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 14 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6260 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2843 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6923 (C2) HDA temperature 117 89 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 50 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	22.1% Poor	Read 37.4 Write 39 Mixed 38.3 29% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.39 103% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 34%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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