MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 23:31
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 600 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 77.2 67% 82.3 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 70.1 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 356GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19763 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 124 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18152328945	120% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 491 Mixed 504 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 49.4 174% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 162 172% 286 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 48GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81263440 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 13 (D2) Unknown 100 100 50 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 650 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1129 (F9) Unknown 100 100 38904094	97.4% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 414 Mixed 435 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 29.1 131% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 70.3 123% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 68081354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 -56650618607476 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 717 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 131 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 70 38659293218 (C2) HDA temperature 34 70 38659293218 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 68081354 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 68081354 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 68081354 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33758 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7182 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7182 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8867	50.5% Above average	Read 307 Write 95.1 Mixed 162 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 18.1 92% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 32.5 46% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 1x8GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 10.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 40%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	1,669x
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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16