MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 06:03
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 641 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 150 Parallax 132 124% 145 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 142 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8600307299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 108250355741979 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1161 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 554 (B1) Unknown 0 0 229 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 41 1009320001570 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 1009320001570 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8600307299 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8600307299 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8600307299 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 86183 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13109 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13109 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12331	53.7% Above average	Read 473 Write 89.8 Mixed 125 49% 229 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 9.12 92% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 5.55 24% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 22GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8945237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -49855980367619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 133 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 47 94492360739 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 94492360739 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8945237 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8945237 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8945237 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 44261 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1725 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1725 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9155 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9633939	46.7% Average	Read 368 Write 210 Mixed 218 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 9.09 59% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 10.6 19% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 65%
Sandisk PLUS 480G 480GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free Firmware: Z32060RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3569180410776 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 135 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 35 279172874283 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1314271461682 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5853 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17210 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5168 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10690 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.3% Above average	Read 477 Write 226 Mixed 439 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 0.04 76% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 5.91 17% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 4.17 Mixed 11.8 14% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.52 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.8 49% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%

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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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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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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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16