MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.8% 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	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 18:40
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 573 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 54.8 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 51.4 45% 56.5 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 65 54% 66 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 86GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1564 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 194 194 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 59 53 201864511529 (F1) Unknown 100 100 48055	74.4% Very good	Read 515 Write 356 Mixed 356 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 9.8 94% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 41.8 57% 97.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 103%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 69GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 773 Write 656 Mixed 747 162% 725 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.4 186% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 176 138% 181 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2909 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 487 (B1) Unknown 99 99 46 (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 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9932644511	78.5% Very good	Read 525 Write 205 Mixed 286 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 23.7 139% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 95.5 74% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 152 11150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 651 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (10) Unknown 2 198 51684154040 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 560 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 40 (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	94.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 148 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 64%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,762 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	3,379x
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	559x
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 $279	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