MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 22:34
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 593 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 66 Parallax 60.5 54% 64.4 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 585GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142958440 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 459119736 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1371 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555155489 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1981 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 81604378657 (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 28312424426784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 120706728136 (F2) Unknown 100 253 130180904827	82.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 142 Mixed 133 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.12 50% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 442GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 118 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 103%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 321GB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 65.7 118% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.43 48% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GB 17,707 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 59%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,764 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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