MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (80%). 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	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 01:12
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 223 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 596 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 71.2 67% 78.2 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 63 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 12907 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 84 84 492 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 184684773410 (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 84 84 16 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 191224487410 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1693853963 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2216717430	95% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 327 Mixed 384 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 31.7 144% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 48.2 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140981456 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77141372 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 588906529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 103550 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128801774246250 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37465416095 (F2) Unknown 100 253 514952780425	92.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 152 Mixed 150 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 80%

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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	1,665x
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	406x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $178	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