MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 612 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 30.6 27% 33.7 fps	MRender 46.7 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 42.6 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 218GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4508824610	116% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 401 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 50.7 186% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 133 147% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (B1) Unknown 99 99 36 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9936928991	122% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 473 Mixed 471 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50.4 188% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 133 152% 261 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17996 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 750 (B1) Unknown 90 90 119 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50613783178	88.7% Excellent	Read 498 Write 266 Mixed 337 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 24.1 137% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 66.6 108% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 644GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 760 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 699 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.9% Very good	Read 160 Write 102 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 108%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 179GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 35.4 Mixed 9.37 32% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 85%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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