MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% 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	77.3% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 08:58
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 595 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 61.3 52% 65 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 55.5 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 81115582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 114546777793376 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1320 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 51 51542949924 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 51542949924 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 81115582 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 81115582 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 81115582 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 111669149697 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13605 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6756 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6756 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5535 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3538992	77.3% Very good	Read 506 Write 240 Mixed 274 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.5 117% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 56 84% 156 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9378 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1348 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 62 47 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1917102411	118% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 49 187% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 119 148% 264 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1699 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 143 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 231928954916 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16858145547 (F7) Unknown 100 100 529928129 (F8) Unknown 100 100 662080823	86.1% Excellent	Read 523 Write 184 Mixed 272 71% 326 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 32.3 143% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 50.3 90% 181 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194949648 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 858815 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 823984167 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1936 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 77309411367 (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 133702331925742 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8451462921 (F2) Unknown 100 253 930652003	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 181 Mixed 177 140% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34388115869 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1700 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3209 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 249108889639 (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 200 200 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 137 Write 159 Mixed 146 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 107%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 99GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 91.4 Write 36.7 Mixed 37 60% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.16 28% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 43%
Multi Flash Reader 8GB 2,367 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	7.88% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 14.4 Mixed 13.2 19% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.99 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.37 37% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.88% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 2x8GB 1,156 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%

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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	3,385x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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