MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.7% 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	54.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 09:10
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 164 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 605 52% 447 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 61.9 56% 66.5 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 58.1 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 743 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2205 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1032 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 3211304 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9954206 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5909448 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7330338 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4794959	54.8% Above average	Read 482 Write 139 Mixed 212 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 13.1 79% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 10.1 31% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 55GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4755 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 525631973 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4478 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 13858897956 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 59 60308496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	45.1% Average	Read 77.3 Write 79.9 Mixed 72.7 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3120827AS 120GB-$38 1,818 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 13GB free Firmware: 3.42 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 59 49 234116477 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6927 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 627026321 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5384 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 12884901921 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 48 234116477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.7% Poor	Read 48.9 Write 54.5 Mixed 49.1 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 79%

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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	3,385x
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