MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 02:31
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 680 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1677 MHz, MLim: 1823 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 131 Parallax 118 107% 127 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 117 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 185GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1685 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167512965236 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 44 240518168615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 163208953894 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 66 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1068 (F1) Unknown 253 253 772 (F2) Unknown 253 253 171 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.4% Very good	Read 514 Write 385 Mixed 432 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 5.36 84% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 6.14 67% 154 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2754 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 849 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 69 66 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6784638305	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 48.6 176% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 128 138% 232 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 983 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3020 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 128849674263 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 49707 (F1) Unknown 98 88 3091987 (F2) Unknown 92 88 11128584	74.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 138 Mixed 122 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 3.52 4K Mixed 0.33 121% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 471GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 88.2 127% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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