MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 17:43
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 430 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 37.8 26% 33.2 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 33.6 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7935 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1725 (B1) Unknown 86 86 165 (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 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 228 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43091796449	82.1% Excellent	Read 494 Write 345 Mixed 327 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 20.5 132% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 20.5 28% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 506GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154552333 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63456345 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1525 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471203868 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 39 154552333 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130476811477631 (F1) Unknown 100 253 481212165 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1521239926	56.4% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 104 Mixed 93.9 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.51 119% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-008.A00LF KHX2400C11D3/4GX 9965525-008.A00LF KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 2400, 1333, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,820 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	3,409x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,676x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,251x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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