MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 696 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 116% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 758039179	79.9% Very good	Read 528 Write 247 Mixed 306 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.3 131% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 16.7 50% 100 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12220 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1172 (B1) Unknown 96 96 73 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23859043670	99.5% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 419 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.4 162% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 116 94% 126 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236567872 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3669257 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1175 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 11 11 89 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 471334939 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28012 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 38654705691 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 91169270793624 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2870725799 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16262145947	105% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 157 Mixed 168 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,248x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16