MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	141% 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	103% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 23:23
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 684 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 216 Parallax 191 163% 202 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 192 Splatting 144 128% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 443GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3907 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 48 223339348001 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4442565121 (F7) Unknown 100 100 138933021 (F8) Unknown 100 100 27674624 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3570 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 483 Write 331 Mixed 339 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 27.7 120% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 51.2 101% 207 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 104%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 14189 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1567 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 167 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 53 201864314914 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 85187399492 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3236253998 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2896566149	103% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 466 Mixed 478 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 32.4 149% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 43.6 84% 161 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 165594984 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 43203714008 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2844 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 161 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229832 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 95010684958 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 90418 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 -140737488355298 (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 -121925531586605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 82807915683 (F2) Unknown 100 253 125961107677	83.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 151 Mixed 131 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.34 95% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 65%

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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	3,383x
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