MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 6 years ago, 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	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 624 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 108% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 270GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 2760 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 54 197569347606 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4515972206 (F7) Unknown 100 100 141173289 (F8) Unknown 100 100 49419046 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1913 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 343 Mixed 343 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 25.4 112% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 45.4 93% 191 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2325 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1159 (B1) Unknown 94 94 58 (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 76 56 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 139 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3622521923	72% Very good	Read 480 Write 193 Mixed 149 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 12.7 108% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 12.7 69% 161 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 85%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 144GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 6311 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1996 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 33 (AE) Unknown 100 100 236 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 49 223337578522 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39924649419 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1251587292 (F8) Unknown 100 100 844620664	93.8% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 417 Mixed 444 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 25.9 125% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 54.1 96% 190 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 134GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,157 Write 1,264 Mixed 1,217 341% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 42.5 204% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 437 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 162 174% 293 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 107GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42962583712 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 847 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 79 41 176094642197 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193275363373 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2433 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3291 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3008 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2678 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 347 Mixed 332 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 21 122% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 43.5 92% 190 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 26.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

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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 $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) $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