MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.8% 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	83.7% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 160 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 251 29% 226 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 87%

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: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 60.5 55% 65 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 53.8 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2424 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 495 (B1) Unknown 97 97 47 (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 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14277241632	83.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 408 Mixed 421 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 22.4 122% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 22.2 27% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 230GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 90 216122195 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3444 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 108119830231 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1390 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1027 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 504692764 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 30 216122195 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -49031346607375 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3585690749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 446453503	54.1% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 94.6 Mixed 90.6 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.62 129% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%
WD WD1601ABYS-01C0A0 165GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 153GB free Firmware: 06.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 2883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 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 200 200 250 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44% Average	Read 75.6 Write 77.5 Mixed 79.3 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.38 111% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%
WD WD1601ABYS-01C0A0 165GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 120GB free Firmware: 06.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 238 (03) Spinup time 161 158 2950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1889 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 31 (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 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	18.3% Very poor	Read 26.3 Write 37.5 Mixed 35.5 25% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.24 50% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 44%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 303GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 86.1 Write 77.4 Mixed 95.2 112% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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