MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.1% 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	89.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '16 at 22:38
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 400 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 126 Parallax 113 99% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 109 Splatting 90.3 81% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3119 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 638 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7017648281	89.2% Excellent	Read 506 Write 409 Mixed 414 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 25.2 139% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 25.3 32% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95932264 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 409 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1275930 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 941 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -2774548872804 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1543372014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 662095013	107% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 175 Mixed 172 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217750320 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4424461649 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1185 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21913 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 64424509470 (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 32886564591413 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20281557566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26128305722	80.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 136 Mixed 121 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AO2L16BC8R2-BR2S 1x8GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	1,664x
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	405x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $179	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) $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