MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 12:58
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 744 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2257 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 127 Parallax 120 96% 121 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 111 Splatting 113 91% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB 2,332 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 360GB free Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 777 Write 479 Mixed 509 130% 588 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 48.6 205% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 486 DQ Mixed 258 272% 450 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 173%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2299 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1463 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 209 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25229684688	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 417 Mixed 418 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.7 189% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 117 145% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 589GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 618 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9382 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 82.6 Write 80.5 Mixed 82.2 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 96%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 352GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 102 Write 129 Mixed 102 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 26.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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