MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 20:22
Run Duration	495 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 169 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 561 54% 444 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1505 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.53 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 5 3% 4.49 fps	MRender 19.9 Gravity 24.4 Splatting 20.8 18% 21.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15394 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 87 (B1) Unknown 78 78 457 (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 33 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 232 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 95648789544	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 409 Mixed 251 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 37.4 147% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 106 118% 202 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 175 7625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28397 (C2) HDA temperature 118 95 34 (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	67.7% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 78.4 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 177 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6889 (05) Reallocated sector count 189 189 85 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199977 (C2) HDA temperature 120 89 30 (C4) Reallocation count 116 116 84 (C5) Current pending sector count 195 195 1409 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 195 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 83	50.7% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 84.1 Mixed 39.6 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 55%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 59GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 164 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 10 10 66379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 805 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.8% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 49.6 Mixed 49.3 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7920 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 12401 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 39359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 74 51 437911578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 461000 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50.8% Above average	Read 82.3 Write 94.6 Mixed 52 57% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 58%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 258GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 95.7 Write 94 Mixed 86.7 118% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 58%
WDC WD10 EADS-00M2B0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 45GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 51.8 Write 49.6 Mixed 12.6 45% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 32%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 44GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 89.1 Write 80.3 Mixed 68 99% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 61%
WDC WD50 00BPVT-00HXZT3 500GB 39GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.2% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 71.2 Mixed 41 76% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.75 MB/s

USB Mass Storage Device 32GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 19GB free, PID 8168 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 12.4 Mixed 13.7 19% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.21 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.67 39% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.82% Great: 17%
ST350031 2CS 500GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 8GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 57.5 Write 62.2 Mixed 13.8 53% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.29 60% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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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