MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.5% 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	67.3% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 18:53
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 436 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.8 90% 107 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 97 Splatting 99 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1225CH1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 534 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1853 (F2) Unknown 100 100 923 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2136	67.3% Good	Read 504 Write 166 Mixed 252 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 14.5 96% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 13.9 62% 143 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 887GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1988 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1829 (C2) HDA temperature 111 88 32 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 173 Mixed 162 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.28 127% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 452GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 87 Write 95 Mixed 89 118% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 KHX1866C10D3/4G Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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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	3,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
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 $79Bench 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 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16