MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.8% 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	35.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 16:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (87^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 399 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 40.4 Parallax 36.5 35% 39.9 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 37 Splatting 32.5 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14954820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -55800215106154 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 124 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 39 55837130781 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 55837130781 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14954820 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14954820 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14954820 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 98784247808 (E9) Unknown 0 0 47524 (EA) Unknown 0 0 41290 (F1) Unknown 0 0 41290 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18872 (F4) Unknown 94 94 13566141	35.9% Below average	Read 439 Write 154 Mixed 202 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 3.07 4K Write 6.61 4K Mixed 13.6 26% 7.77 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 155GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 90 28666862 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6496 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 518 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 8950735227 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 527 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098373 (BD) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454426651 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 23 28666862 (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 38104949888274 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2434569531 (F2) Unknown 100 253 104135080	51.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 75.7 Mixed 128 78% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 155GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149880224 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111116193 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1168 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 22 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37471 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 51539607578 (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 -117883967369319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45716488607 (F2) Unknown 100 253 489958509695	51% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 79.6 Mixed 104 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 18.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 80%

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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