MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	87.8% 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	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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 698 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36E6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 105 Parallax 104 84% 104 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 81.6 71% 87.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12202 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2709 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 71 47 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36372187599	87.8% Excellent	Read 507 Write 353 Mixed 348 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 22.2 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 21.5 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 101GB free Firmware: CC29 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 117 99 163156720 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39610654 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2246 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 393225 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 386924567 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 130071 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 23 (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 48584670057182 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18581192022 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21672785583	62.9% Good	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

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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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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