MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	185% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 07:35
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 746 79% 630 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 206 Parallax 207 159% 203 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 189 Splatting 128 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,431 Write 1,154 Mixed 1,037 268% 1,207 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 26.9 184% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 59.9 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 144 98% 116 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 236%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 129983042 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 20037936 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -46742129078887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 689045536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13962 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 64 129983042 (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 -75806172774213 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12626753814 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8089308049 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 115 Write 85.2 Mixed 68 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.43 162% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234652144 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 9268163154 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 51662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1980 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 17180132088 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 588513311 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9150 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 47244640287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 3 234652144 (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 -111819473522548 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2297697738 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2332907896	94.4% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 120 Mixed 154 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 75%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3288 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 193274380321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.7% Excellent	Read 205 Write 108 Mixed 147 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12434 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 29 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 176 Mixed 163 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.37 149% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 24GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 70%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,384x
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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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