MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	66.5% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 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	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 259 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 684 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 109% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 289GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^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 6398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2023 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 33 (AE) Unknown 100 100 239 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 49 223337578521 (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 40244608305 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1261633981 (F8) Unknown 100 100 847815752	98.4% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 428 Mixed 445 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 27.7 134% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 56.6 106% 209 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 134GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1730 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42962845860 (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 10 (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 197570330670 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2474 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3378 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3085 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2765 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 498 Write 300 Mixed 251 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 20 120% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 38.9 91% 193 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 107%
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)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,192 339% 1,540 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 42.4 214% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 178 196% 334 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 130GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 2846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (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 5103673066 (F7) Unknown 100 100 159583374 (F8) Unknown 100 100 56013084 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1913 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 482 Write 342 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 25.2 116% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 38.6 56% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2397 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1186 (B1) Unknown 93 93 61 (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 99 142 (F1) Unknown 99 99 732881567	66.5% Good	Read 455 Write 123 Mixed 187 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 13.8 105% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 12.9 71% 167 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 85%

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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 23.3 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 27.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.9% 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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16