MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	82% 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 (17%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 15:06
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 644 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.7% 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 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 186 Parallax 170 137% 175 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 166 Splatting 117 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (AB) Unknown 100 100 77904720 (AE) Unknown 100 100 174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 268 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 92 92 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19740 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16604 (F9) Unknown 100 100 987441457	82% Excellent	Read 456 Write 430 Mixed 436 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 18.4 118% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 43.6 41% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 101%
Toshiba HDWD110 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 974 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 955 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.1% Excellent	Read 133 Write 146 Mixed 132 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 43GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3320 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3320 (C2) HDA temperature 113 83 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 89 89 8199 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5814907482 (F2) Unknown 200 200 8759152814	42.6% Average	Read 76.5 Write 71.9 Mixed 68.9 54% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992002 (997002) 1314 992004 (997004) 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3J.8FE 1314 991995 (996995) 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,249x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16