MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% 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	117% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 13:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 279 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 731 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2257 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 96% 118 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 108 Splatting 112 91% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB 2,332 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 283GB free Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 782 Write 682 Mixed 647 157% 704 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 48.5 208% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 608 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 216 262% 458 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 173%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2187 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1426 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 209 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24856045206	117% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 45.8 187% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 111 144% 259 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 618GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9111 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.3% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 81.9 Mixed 88.8 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 96%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 375GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 108 Write 130 Mixed 96.5 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 27.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86% 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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,663x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,243x
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	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	205x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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