MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 10:41
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 218 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 580 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.4% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 73.8 64% 81.1 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 96.3 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^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 29838 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 781 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 42 42 1766 (AE) Unknown 100 100 260 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 201863462942 (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 42 42 58 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 104632551212 (F7) Unknown 100 100 148570850 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2054568467	74% Very good	Read 490 Write 141 Mixed 202 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 27.5 124% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 41.3 71% 142 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 77GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49429744 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198007611 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 781 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 124991832090 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 292881 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 -140737488355302 (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 43619687872634 (F1) Unknown 100 253 77318430757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 108249521612	83.8% Excellent	Read 138 Write 154 Mixed 149 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 78%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16