MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 20:15
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 708 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 125 Parallax 118 93% 119 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 106 Splatting 110 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 530 Mixed 536 131% 591 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 24.4 175% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 57.2 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 176 110% 120 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 236%
Hectron HECX1-240G 240GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free Firmware: H1DB11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 100 100 105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 713 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 29 (A3) Unknown 100 100 296 (94) Unknown 100 100 26785 (95) Unknown 100 100 402 (96) Unknown 100 100 234 (97) Unknown 100 100 377 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9234 (A5) Unknown 100 100 24 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36421878480920 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 38616 (F2) Unknown 100 100 67734 (F5) Unknown 100 100 54538 (F6) Unknown 100 100 53570 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	94.6% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 379 Mixed 435 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.2 139% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 25.9 81% 171 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 11GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2625 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 100 100 172 (AE) Unknown 100 100 633 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 573 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 850 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23511626483 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27289982531	37.3% Below average	Read 454 Write 127 Mixed 66 46% 216 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 9.03 4K Mixed 4.51 37% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 9.31 DQ Mixed 5.62 8% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 522GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1492 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 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 (F0) Head flying hours 85 85 11371 (F1) Unknown 200 200 29892641208 (F2) Unknown 200 200 32200151199	54.8% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 92.7 Mixed 99.5 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.43 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 74%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$39 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 260GB free Firmware: GKAOA90A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 102 102 55879467694 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2753 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6101 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240518955046 (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 200 200 0	35.7% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 58.8 Mixed 74.3 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-511.A00LF 4x4GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16