MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 00:18
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 594 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 140 Parallax 122 111% 133 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1024 (A6) Unknown 100 100 152 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 688 (A9) Unknown 100 100 322 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 552 (AE) Unknown 100 100 801 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 127 545462222879 (D4) Unknown 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4648 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 143812 (F1) Unknown 253 253 55407 (F2) Unknown 253 253 69118 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	77.2% Very good	Read 416 Write 400 Mixed 356 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 13.4 109% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 45.8 56% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139862560 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32906796 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (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 71 56 505151517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50389 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 68719476765 (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 35789962481660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15907101952 (F2) Unknown 100 253 520827887639	86.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 148 Mixed 156 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 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 99 27 6162 (03) Spinup time 83 83 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2330 (05) Reallocated sector count 17 17 2426 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 13224 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 53871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1890 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 27 6155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 25 25 75 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 30669 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 54 387317782 (C2) HDA temperature 78 53 387317782 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1245317 (C4) Reallocation count 42 42 2426 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 94 164 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 525 (C8) Write error rate 100 62 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	35.4% Below average	Read 50.9 Write 72 Mixed 67.4 48% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.42 100% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 12.5 Mixed 14.4 20% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.69 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 1.47 131% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 63%

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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	3,384x
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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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