MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	71.3% 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	24 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 710 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 194GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 4627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 219044249634 (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 19014 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17088485839 (F7) Unknown 100 100 534166874 (F8) Unknown 100 100 282543516 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3570 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 482 Write 307 Mixed 338 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 27.1 113% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 47.9 101% 209 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 49GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11753 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2379 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (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 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9493902268	97.8% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 351 Mixed 358 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 27.2 144% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 84 123% 234 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 118%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1047 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 694 (AD) Unknown 100 100 917553 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3211278 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 197569544225 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3977 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3421 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7372 (F4) Unknown 100 100 14 (F5) Unknown 100 100 49 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1017344	102% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 511 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 14 123% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 14.2 104% 241 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 65694263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -22016002349596 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1729 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 22 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 47 64427589662 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 64427589662 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 65694263 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 65694263 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 65694263 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22757 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21113 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21113 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12063	71.3% Very good	Read 506 Write 183 Mixed 245 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 19.6 112% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 50 67% 119 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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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