MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '16 at 21:59
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 721 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 92% 110 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.8 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 251 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524312 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 5 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4095	74.2% Very good	Read 496 Write 341 Mixed 347 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 9.71 97% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 43.5 62% 107 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 97%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 96GB free Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 3257 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1306 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 62938 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 85611 (A5) Unknown 100 100 134 (A6) Unknown 100 100 34 (A7) Unknown 100 100 84 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 17 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5784 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5646	72.8% Very good	Read 496 Write 166 Mixed 250 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18.8 116% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 63.1 85% 157 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 83%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 54GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 791 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 236 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131077 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1096	80.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 339 Mixed 347 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 10.4 98% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 43.8 98% 205 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 101%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 1,175 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 9.64 Mixed 13.3 17% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.87 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.04 28% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 57%

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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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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 $40	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