MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 20:14
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 402 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 7 Parallax 7.03 4% 6.1 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8.26 5% 5.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 3%
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 50.3 Parallax 53.7 37% 49.8 fps	MRender 49.5 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 38.9 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 157 100 925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (A6) Unknown 100 100 447 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 499 (A9) Unknown 100 100 51 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 480 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 240518168613 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 16 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 98514 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5692 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3229	80.5% Excellent	Read 499 Write 360 Mixed 414 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 4.15 101% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 4 72% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 86%
Maxtor 7L250S0 250GB-$91 574 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 44GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 178 177 19761 (04) Start/Stop count 253 253 1814 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 237 231 58342 (09) Power-on hours count 126 126 26063 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 251 251 1115 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 253 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 12697 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 250 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 1 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 234 234 237 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	19.7% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 32.6 Mixed 46.5 29% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.35 110% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 38GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47290448 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2655 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 17395773767 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1911 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197079 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 504823836 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 30 47290448 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 83 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69647189653689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1527241101 (F2) Unknown 100 253 896767037
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
WD Black 2.5" 160GB (2010)-$50 2,106 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 17GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3668 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 70 (BE) vendor-specific 73 39 27 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 454 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 512351 (C2) HDA temperature 120 86 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	30.1% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 48.1 Mixed 68 44% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB-$30 3,506 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 16GB free Firmware: PBBOCA0G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 206 100 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1700 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 393216 (BC) Unknown 100 98 11 (BE) vendor-specific 77 52 404094999 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3735609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 540193 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	23.4% Poor	Read 35.3 Write 46 Mixed 32.8 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 34%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB-$14 6,096 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 1741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199066 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.9% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 94.8 Mixed 93.9 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 0921 08G-D3-1866-MR 1302 1333EL Series 0921 08G-D3-1866-MR 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1867, 1333, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 53%

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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	3,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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