MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 02:52
Run Duration	381 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 684 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 18.4 16% 20.3 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 25.7 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1968 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30605700 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 469 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 62 266289217567 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1142478078218 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3585 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7967 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6786 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8893 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	94.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 346 Mixed 290 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 20.9 137% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 58.1 112% 227 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157081288 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5786067 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 62 387252247 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15553 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 68719476759 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58720792871438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7760290199 (F2) Unknown 100 253 345908421048
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Asmt 2115 240GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 57GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 22%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 851GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 85.5 126% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 44%
210 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Read 20.3 Write 4.68 Mixed 7.26 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 19% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,763 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	3,379x
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) $30	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