MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.7% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 14:35
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	NPL-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 126 58% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 291 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 60.5 55% 64.2 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 54.2 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1645 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6272 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 326630 (A5) Unknown 100 100 372 (A6) Unknown 100 100 270 (A7) Unknown 100 100 321 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 90 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1500 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2078 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 184 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 93 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 825395 (F2) Unknown 100 100 685472 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1306520	73.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 152 Mixed 216 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 29.2 121% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 61.6 77% 140 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 90%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 218494446 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 39607012 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 54838142436471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 656 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 65 403832853 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1858 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 47244640277 (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 64742337020237 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3076086574 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1566132285	98.6% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 173 Mixed 92 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 554GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896239792 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3665 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6136 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 167504511004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.2% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 29.8 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 107%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID ab30 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 41.1 Write 38.5 Mixed 4.47 32% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 5.89 4K Mixed 0.51 221% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 57%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 72%

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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	3,384x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
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	406x

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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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