MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	270% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 13:17
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 642 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 94% 112 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,410 Write 1,304 Mixed 1,333 370% 1,682 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 56.3 238% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 209 232% 395 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 550GB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 377GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 916 Write 847 Mixed 831 193% 865 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 34 147% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 88.7 145% 272 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 148%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 23GB free Firmware: 070H 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 700 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1322 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 325 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2920594669989 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 193 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 181 Mixed 265 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 7.18 113% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 6.86 61% 146 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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	3,380x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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