MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.8% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 13:41
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 529 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2262 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 105 95% 113 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 131GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 2950 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 42 249108824108 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5281457854 (F7) Unknown 100 100 165169172 (F8) Unknown 100 100 77889121 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1246 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 483 Write 341 Mixed 339 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 24.7 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 14.1 45% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 95%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5359 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1003 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 155 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2883660 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 254 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 56 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15169	73.3% Very good	Read 517 Write 358 Mixed 355 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 9.82 100% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 9.77 21% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 809GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 139 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 160 Mixed 153 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 113% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1882 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 86%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,780 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,390x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

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	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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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