MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 02:01
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 745 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 120 92% 117 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 97.5 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4217 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1590 (B1) Unknown 99 99 43 (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 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20752436589	118% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 489 Mixed 504 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.9 168% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 158 174% 292 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 115GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 99 99 1757 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 798 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 69 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2385626261	113% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 411 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.5 194% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.8 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 107 101% 149 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 787GB free Firmware: A200 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 39 Mixed 39.3 29% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 71%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1662 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 33 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 129 Mixed 121 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.31 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 18.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 64%

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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	3,380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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