MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '16 at 05:08
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 431 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8519) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 71.6 63% 73.6 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 61.7 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 541GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23873696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96487308 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (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 74 65 454688794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5173 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (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 136700219100343 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14411291315 (F2) Unknown 100 253 212316983758	87.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 153 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 32GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 21.8 Write 9.08 Mixed 10.9 16% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.83 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 1.09 98% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 9905584-027.A00LF 8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,758 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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