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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	51.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 14:13
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 550 54% 442 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14602251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 15418932594319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 21 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 21 29 38656606229 (C2) HDA temperature 21 29 38656606229 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14602251 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14602251 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14602251 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14609 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12607 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12607 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1820 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9109634	51.9% Above average	Read 431 Write 113 Mixed 156 50% 233 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 12.5 80% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 25.9 40% 75.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 649GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 91 (C2) HDA temperature 120 112 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 172 Mixed 158 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.27 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 20.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 72%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,788 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	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16