MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% 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	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 07:50
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 651 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3070) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 92.7 61% 77 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 62 Splatting 79.7 57% 68.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3651 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1583 (A5) Unknown 100 100 846238910193 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 42 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 51 219044839470 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622909302278 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2504 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9318 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7145 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9288 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 426 Write 188 Mixed 154 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 9.81 66% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 11.6 34% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 93%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 593GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 136 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1678 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6671 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 38 (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	80% Very good	Read 147 Write 131 Mixed 125 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.18 87% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 1321 SP008GLLTU160N02 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%

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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	3,378x
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	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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) $35	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