MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.2% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 07:22
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 495 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1568 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 26.8 21% 25.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 1003 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 382 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 120029 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 97 (E7) Temperature 99 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 89 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15699 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5687	94.2% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 299 Mixed 374 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.9 141% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 69.8 110% 209 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 213GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202941472 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24930564 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 521535518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49402 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 -44190918506657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12130209831 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85308280216	92.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 147 Mixed 123 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 4x8GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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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