MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	94.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 16:59
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 511 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 68 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 107 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 908 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 104 (E7) Temperature 100 100 40 (E9) Unknown 0 0 58793 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2883 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1911	93.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 297 Mixed 375 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35 142% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 63.5 104% 200 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 96%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q 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 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20126 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 283 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (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 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 224 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23513211051	94.5% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 351 Mixed 352 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 24.9 140% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 25.3 83% 185 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 76.5 Mixed 66.9 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 7.49 4K Mixed 0.32 202% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 97%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1.5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8050 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 12123 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 48800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 538509341 (C2) HDA temperature 69 61 538509343 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 26811642 (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 27 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	56.5% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 99.2 Mixed 93.6 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 84%
HGST HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 689GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 84.2 Write 82.8 Mixed 39.3 84% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2403 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 26.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 86%

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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	3,385x
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 $300	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