MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (82%). 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	0.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 19:42
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 59.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 176 63% 113 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 299 51% 361 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 99.6 62% 79.9 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 82.3 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5125 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1312 (B1) Unknown 97 97 53 (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 63 40 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42532655542	95.5% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 343 Mixed 378 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 43.4 140% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 106 116% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 40.8 Mixed 35.5 29% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.06 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.56 464% 4.48 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 97%
ST925031 1CS 250GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 199GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 41.1 Mixed 6.4 31% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.31 44% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 5GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 84.8 Mixed 72.9 103% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 11.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 1 10% 3.33 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 67%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,769 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,664x
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	405x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $179	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