MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% 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	97.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 03:11
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 654 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 59.9 51% 63.3 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 54.4 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 285GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (A5) Unknown 100 100 64428507191 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 40 257698037806 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310590994 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 615 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1031 (F1) Unknown 253 253 725 (F2) Unknown 253 253 613 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.4% Above average	Read 491 Write 274 Mixed 285 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 1.07 56% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 4.54 15% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 76%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (64) Unknown 100 100 2410560 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 36 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 201864642598 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 644 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 482 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 644 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 770 (F1) Unknown 100 100 668 (F2) Unknown 100 100 629 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1044	97.4% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 577 Mixed 544 136% 610 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 12.2 73% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 12.1 84% 193 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 71%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,763 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	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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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