MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	459 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 207 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 372 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 77.5 65% 80.6 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 70.2 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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 16187 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4537 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 296 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 54 197569347619 (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 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 56474520917 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1782569629 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3102461016	87.4% Excellent	Read 512 Write 325 Mixed 388 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 27.8 122% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 20.1 74% 160 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 97%
H/W RAID 1 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 465GB free Firmware: 0106 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 90.2 Write 74.5 Mixed 86.1 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 243GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2302 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10342 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (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	77.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 131 Mixed 117 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.34 136% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 141GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 64.4 Mixed 58.5 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 57GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12096 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12048 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (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	66.8% Good	Read 123 Write 109 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.29 137% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 90GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 13.4 Mixed 15.2 23% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.55 83% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 37%
NORELSYS 106X 250GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 19GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 251 Write 226 Mixed 235 302% 237 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 10.6 1,304% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 36.6 DQ Mixed 10.5 1,674% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 169%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.86% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 6.08 Mixed 4.39 9% 9.23 MB/s	4K Read 4.32 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 16% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.86% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 1x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.5 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 35%

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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	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
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 $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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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