MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 11:32
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 653 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 193GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11192 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2074 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2975739581	91.1% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 339 Mixed 343 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 28.2 141% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 77.1 94% 163 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 126%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 81GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 733 Write 628 Mixed 731 156% 697 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 53.3 208% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 121 133% 218 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 283%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 19GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -89034671133828 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3172 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3163 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3163 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 270343 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 64 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 270343 (F2) Unknown 100 100 492057 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8943	76.3% Very good	Read 492 Write 242 Mixed 317 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12.5 116% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 66.4 86% 156 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17987739 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 88381837027043 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1832 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 44 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 31 60131573787 (C2) HDA temperature 27 31 60131573787 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17987739 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17987739 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17987739 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18092 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12092 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12092 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19508	63.9% Good	Read 493 Write 175 Mixed 254 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 19.2 83% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 67 83% 147 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 112GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13468 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4207 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13284 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (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	65.4% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 112 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 982GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 39.6 Mixed 33.3 48% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 519GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 69.4 Write 48.9 Mixed 45.8 66% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.17 40% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 23.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%

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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 $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 $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