MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 10:10
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 700 78% 613 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 96% 114 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 850GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4595 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 400 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15438643663	109% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 399 Mixed 411 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 50.7 181% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 132 112% 170 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 775GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 713 Write 536 Mixed 563 134% 604 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.7 177% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 185 208% 359 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 156GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17470 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1985 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2075 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44671847935	96.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 351 Mixed 352 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 27.2 142% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 84.3 120% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 118%
Freecom 13 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 99GB free Firmware: 2210 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 431 Write 184 Mixed 245 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 25.8 84% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 59 61% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19359992 (03) Spinup time 99 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22061967 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 78 78 23274 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8590132295 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19646 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 81604378655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 84 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12914966667950 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10342353200 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17306900425	107% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 177 Mixed 74.8 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.88 226% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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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