MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.4% 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	24.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '16 at 22:18
Run Duration	480 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 698 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2343) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 20.19.0.32837 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 77.7 51% 66.3 fps	MRender 57.4 Gravity 51.7 Splatting 74.9 52% 61.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 167GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th 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 26 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B5) Unknown 100 100 38654771208 (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 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	75.1% Very good	Read 503 Write 268 Mixed 351 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 5.23 108% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 5.8 59% 137 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 75%
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10506757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -131374459649054 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 21 (B1) Unknown 0 0 25 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 51542360099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10506757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10506757 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10506757 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25586 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7847 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7847 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5335	24.7% Poor	Read 274 Write 2.06 Mixed 4.16 19% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 1.81 50% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 869GB free Firmware: CC45 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 117 99 150345408 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 916745 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 849 (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 62 538509342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8569 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (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 -87132001533708 (F1) Unknown 100 253 339597373 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4793660471	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 191 Mixed 176 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 25GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 91.5 Write 75.5 Mixed 73 100% 80 MB/s	4K Read 9.68 4K Write 4.67 4K Mixed 3.45 312% 5.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 25.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,388x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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