MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	110% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 405 56% 413 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 82%

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: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 61.3 57% 66.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 53.7 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (64) Unknown 100 100 2304 (65) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 133145100319 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	64% Good	Read 469 Write 199 Mixed 218 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 12 82% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 26.5 70% 153 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5142 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1344 (B1) Unknown 96 96 193 (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 64 44 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 201 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32611870228	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 478 Mixed 475 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 38.6 152% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 140 152% 256 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1TB free Firmware: CC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 112188206171 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3246 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032968 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 26291798046 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 586 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3570 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 10 0 (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 -69170448288997 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62920127 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2879612687	70.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 121 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.55 97% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 0702 51264Y133I HYN 0702 51264Y133I HYN 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.5% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 53%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,770 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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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