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 (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	284% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 15:23
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 662 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 953GB free Firmware: X4120000 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 100 100 4127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (A5) Unknown 100 100 180423229906 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2172 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 61 261993332767 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1241262326049 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7379 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8995 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6424 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11255 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 501 Write 343 Mixed 332 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 20.7 125% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 37.1 52% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 106%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 536GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 132 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3983935596	103% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 419 Mixed 429 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 33.4 165% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 171 132% 171 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 135%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,069 Write 1,794 Mixed 1,633 408% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 71.5 256% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 38.2 99% 194 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 26.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 96%

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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	3,393x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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	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	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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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