MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.4% 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	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 20:43
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 591 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 87.3 78% 96.6 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 87.3 Splatting 91.7 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 159 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 91 (AE) Unknown 99 99 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 784 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 46 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 23448 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4575 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7068	118% Outstanding	Read 753 Write 653 Mixed 701 157% 702 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 27.7 153% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 26.8 35% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 220%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 29GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16631 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 458 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (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 74 62 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 203 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4516251321	87.7% Excellent	Read 485 Write 311 Mixed 340 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 23.5 132% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 19.6 75% 168 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 55180 (C2) HDA temperature 122 116 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.7% Good	Read 117 Write 122 Mixed 105 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.28 116% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130055632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51703290 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 93 93 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 521535515 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65768 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 51539607579 (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 13271448950387 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20418808073 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24403102525	94.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 161 Mixed 147 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 381GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 66.1 Write 69.1 Mixed 46.2 76% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2400, 2133, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,384x
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 $300	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