MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% 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	52.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 23:32
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 408 57% 421 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 63.4 58% 68.6 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 55.8 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9507 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 271 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 65 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2873936854	107% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 404 Mixed 417 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 47.1 154% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 119 142% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 242319595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 62886911157538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 36 47246999580 (C2) HDA temperature 28 36 47246999580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 242319595 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 242319595 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 242319595 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 120259084289 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19601 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11903 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11903 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16605 (F4) Unknown 95 95 10354846	52.2% Above average	Read 482 Write 110 Mixed 159 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 12.3 81% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 9.72 22% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 906GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3520 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19371 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 167 Mixed 161 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.36 138% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 64%

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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	3,423x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,686x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,265x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	565x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	416x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	380x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16