MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.2% 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	74.6% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 15:07
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 594 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 58 Parallax 53.3 53% 58.8 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 53.7 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 4,594 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT09L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8183 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 971 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 75 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4391 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 17299 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (EC) Unknown 99 99 39 (ED) Unknown 99 99 75 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	74.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 153 Mixed 238 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 17 119% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 15.4 72% 168 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 309GB free Firmware: 3CNR Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 91 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 25851906812 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2085 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1798 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 521404447 (C2) HDA temperature 31 56 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 97 53 184987434 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 519 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0
Poor: 17% Great: 42%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 167 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2511 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 398 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 420675609 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2445 (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 200 200 416 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.26 130% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 13.1 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 67%

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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	3,380x
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