MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	70.5% 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 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	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 686 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% 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: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 146 Parallax 141 113% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 171GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 2787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 54 197569347607 (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 4763922227 (F7) Unknown 100 100 148959500 (F8) Unknown 100 100 52803702 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1913 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 342 Mixed 339 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 27 119% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 15 82% 189 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2347 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1167 (B1) Unknown 94 94 59 (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 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 140 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3976744549	70.5% Very good	Read 514 Write 190 Mixed 222 67% 309 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14 117% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 13.1 39% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 85%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 136GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 6339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2004 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 33 (AE) Unknown 100 100 237 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 49 223337578523 (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 40013489419 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1254396931 (F8) Unknown 100 100 846458619	99.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 429 Mixed 439 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 30.3 137% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 59 105% 207 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.5% 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 (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,206 Write 1,268 Mixed 1,190 342% 1,555 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 46.9 220% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 28.4 116% 264 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% 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 (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1671 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42962649249 (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 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 78 41 176094642198 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 197570330670 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2433 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3312 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3028 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2696 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.8% Excellent	Read 501 Write 340 Mixed 336 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 21.3 128% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 42.6 92% 193 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.8% 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 (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 27.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.4% 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