MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 02:11
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 601 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.4 83% 101 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 94.1 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25265 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 317 (B1) Unknown 97 97 26 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 1 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 70509432292	86.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 345 Mixed 357 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 25.4 128% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 33.3 61% 123 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 126%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 60GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 774 Write 657 Mixed 787 165% 739 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 49.1 206% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 130 139% 226 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120731580 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (B4) Unknown 100 100 27464528 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 28 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 13439991837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 550 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 3 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 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 87 Write 71.8 Mixed 68.4 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.56 172% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 87%

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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	3,384x
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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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 $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