MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 20:55
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 434 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 28.4 14% 18.8 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 20.8 Splatting 15.7 14% 16.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 65GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4463830 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 10084583237629 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1501 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 82 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4463830 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4463830 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4463830 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21380 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12199 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12199 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31069	50.5% Above average	Read 185 Write 108 Mixed 119 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 15.3 108% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 27.3 45% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%
ESSC21AC120M4 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 60GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12534963 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -36335423289647 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1376 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 117 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 51543015467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12534963 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12534963 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12534963 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12745 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6079 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6079 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11283	49.1% Average	Read 193 Write 107 Mixed 117 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 10.8 105% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 30.3 46% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 57%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6588 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 955 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 156 (AE) Unknown 99 99 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 486 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 42 51 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 20040 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4334 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4741	116% Outstanding	Read 754 Write 612 Mixed 664 151% 677 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 24.6 144% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 24.7 54% 105 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 188%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 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	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 75%

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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	3,388x
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 $179	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