MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.4% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 03:47
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 241 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 676 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 61 Parallax 93.4 58% 75.1 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 79.5 56% 67.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1228 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 411 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6233310277	112% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 403 Mixed 412 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.2 176% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 93.7 128% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 120GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5358868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 84825604099045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1010 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 73016934429 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5358868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5358868 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5358868 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3279 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3533 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3533 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6884	87.7% Excellent	Read 511 Write 252 Mixed 308 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 20.7 138% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 83.3 113% 206 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 170 169 4475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1333 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1262 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 100 Write 113 Mixed 114 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.4 131% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,786 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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,667x
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	560x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $269	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 $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