MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 19:05
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 210 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 551 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 67.9 66% 75.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 69.3 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17483213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 90391881713614 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 29 38656606233 (C2) HDA temperature 25 29 38656606233 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17483213 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17483213 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17483213 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15327 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12994 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12994 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2150 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9371785	41.4% Average	Read 265 Write 103 Mixed 156 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 9.78 75% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 29.2 34% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 634GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 2483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 79 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 216 (C2) HDA temperature 117 112 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 179 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.32 124% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 72%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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