MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	90.7% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 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 colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 07:20
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 711 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1577 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 117 91% 115 fps	Gravity 93.2 Splatting 85.6 79% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 697 Write 526 Mixed 553 132% 592 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 15.9 95% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 14.1 26% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 44GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6035 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2092 (B1) Unknown 99 99 49 (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 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23179739314	95.6% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 489 Mixed 503 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 20.3 100% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 18.7 107% 244 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3574 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1300 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8399672217	75.9% Very good	Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 420 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 13.8 99% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 135 78% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 849GB free Firmware: A200 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 39.4 Mixed 39.5 29% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.39 105% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 71%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 330GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3819 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2080 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3714 (C2) HDA temperature 104 97 39 (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	84.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 154 Mixed 147 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.37 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 18.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,249x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16