MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '16 at 23:01
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 714 78% 616 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1013.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6341724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -34205119540579 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1991 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1238 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 77312032799 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77312032799 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6341724 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6341724 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6341724 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11061 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10120 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10120 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10829 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5570641	61.6% Good	Read 440 Write 115 Mixed 148 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.9 113% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 92.4 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 26.9 42% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10509592 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76644805 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1925 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 26342457378 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1097 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35869 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 -140737488355294 (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 -25653839656051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42380370121 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67230940891	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 188 Mixed 158 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,412x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,257x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16