MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% 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	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 23:45
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 418 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 78.4 54% 68.3 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 76.3 53% 63.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 240GB-$193 568 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 20127237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -63007170223877 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2331 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 349 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 85 1013617852447 (C2) HDA temperature 31 85 1013617852447 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20127237 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20127237 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20127237 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24568 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20254 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20254 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21491	57.4% Above average	Read 213 Write 155 Mixed 131 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 14.2 109% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 44.6 72% 138 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 131GB free Firmware: CC93 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 98 139417649 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5602 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 731 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 197346782 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 34 34 66 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032847 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 4849926172 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 794 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6097 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 10 139417649 (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 32744830676002 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1613607412 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2148744755	42.8% Average	Read 74.4 Write 74.5 Mixed 69.1 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.48 117% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 23.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

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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	3,379x
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	1,240x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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