MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.7% 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	96.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 21:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 189 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 362 44% 337 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1495 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 73.6 48% 64.5 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 49.1 Splatting 76 52% 62 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4902 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 628 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 30 67 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2931441596	96.5% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 398 Mixed 402 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 23.9 138% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 84.4 114% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 724GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59119184 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 372097648 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2958 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1423697667 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590524425 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 43 38 1272268324921 (C2) HDA temperature 57 62 68719476793 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 14 59119184 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.7% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 103 Mixed 93.8 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 435GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1736 (C2) HDA temperature 82 77 61 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 105 Write 67.5 Mixed 57.1 57% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 14.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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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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