MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58% 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	98% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140912
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 10:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 663 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 98.3 59% 77.9 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 79.3 57% 67.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 5215 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2570 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 102 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 57 184684838943 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28013620390 (F7) Unknown 100 100 881609378 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2487512992	98% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 464 Mixed 198 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 33.6 149% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 40.5 44% 76 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: HP23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100088082 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4639 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 29 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 249045348 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4061 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65540 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 638844966 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 28 100088082 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 29 (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 -69372311749837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 780410257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3038179389	56.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.7 Mixed 22.6 53% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 70%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 81GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 130 124 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 900 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 40 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.9% Poor	Read 43 Write 39.8 Mixed 42.2 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.32 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 65%

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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	3,379x
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	1,240x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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