MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.8% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 21:08
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 121 2-Core 216 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 615 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85ED) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 58.5 54% 63.9 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 66.3 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G32MNB-2202A 256GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10103L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13782 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4342 (64) Unknown 100 100 10439135 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10216512 (B2) Unknown 100 100 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 63 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5249 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 16 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 42952163359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 99 1 2079439426 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 39840 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22963 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15864 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4146	90.8% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 373 Mixed 238 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 26.1 116% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 41.8 105% 223 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126333848 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34812541 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98213 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 34359738401 (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 105548821304069 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7368776012 (F2) Unknown 100 253 145940189710	87% Excellent	Read 166 Write 138 Mixed 140 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.12 48% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 79%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,823 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	3,410x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,677x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,252x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16