MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 115 2-Core 198 81% 137 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 437 53% 407 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66.8 65% 74.4 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 70 Splatting 72 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10471313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 1571958036423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 93 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 46 73017458717 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 73017458717 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10471313 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10471313 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10471313 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9253 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6029 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6029 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9664	72.3% Very good	Read 514 Write 173 Mixed 254 68% 314 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 17.7 117% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 47 67% 123 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 84%
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 103GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 670 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 756 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 137	71.7% Very good	Read 507 Write 307 Mixed 336 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 9.21 97% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 35.4 53% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 94%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 251GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 196 786 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2392 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 806 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3950 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 118 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 10	79% Very good	Read 148 Write 127 Mixed 123 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.47 138% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 24GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 29.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 27.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%

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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	3,390x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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