MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	113% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 736 80% 634 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 205 Parallax 210 159% 203 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 189 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 549 Mixed 564 136% 613 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 22.4 162% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 57.3 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 22.7 35% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 236%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 12030163 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23114751 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 55456617729709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (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 72 53 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18541 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 64 12030163 (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 56998510985443 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13067636604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8282574491 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.3% Good	Read 117 Write 103 Mixed 50.4 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.03 4K Mixed 0.44 175% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 64%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21494169881 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1981 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3547 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193274380320 (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 200 200 0	72.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 128 Mixed 92.4 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.57 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C 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 107 99 1796888 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 9268389922 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 52588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 17180132088 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 571867165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9412 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 3 1796888 (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 -138319421738721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1472938021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3486074452	73.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 132 Mixed 105 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.42 94% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 24GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 70%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,663x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,243x
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	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	205x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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