MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	99.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 22:03
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 451 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 122% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 110 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 488GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 58 180389806110 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 41130717 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1322720 (F8) Unknown 100 100 571079 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1938 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 483 Write 342 Mixed 339 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 25.7 111% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 36.8 84% 178 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 99%
1 256GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 238GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 41 Write 42.3 Mixed 41.6 9% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 9.92 37% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 10.1 9% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 43%
Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 683 Write 325 Mixed 366 101% 458 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 29.6 131% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 100 123% 222 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 190%
0 1TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 921GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 40.6 Write 40.1 Mixed 39.2 30% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 69%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	1,664x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
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	206x

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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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