MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). 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	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 05:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 (39^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 306 44% 325 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 61 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 55.8 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13575 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4467231299737 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 73 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 257 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 71 304943661113 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622990567680 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5187 (EA) Unknown 100 100 33233 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20661 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16450 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69% Good	Read 444 Write 137 Mixed 161 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 20 109% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 46 87% 177 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 93%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 35.7 Mixed 35.6 27% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.59 4K Mixed 0.47 157% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 876GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 89 187568608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43393983553 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 818 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 22 22 78 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 38 12469215035440 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 289644 (C2) HDA temperature 48 62 -140737488355280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111475876193306 (F1) Unknown 100 253 91528566030 (F2) Unknown 100 253 131138099323	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 178 Mixed 170 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 59%

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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	3,385x
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