MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 23:56
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 219 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 558 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 100 Parallax 89 78% 94.8 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 80.9 68% 83.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 32GB free Firmware: EXT0100Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3894 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 686 (B1) Unknown 95 95 95 (B3) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 15 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14760396504 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19220166090	69.5% Good	Read 482 Write 136 Mixed 212 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 14.8 109% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 32.2 79% 173 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 79%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22189081 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 111746459111139 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 91 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 49 60132753441 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 60132753441 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22189081 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22189081 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22189081 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6995 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5805 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5805 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7072	58% Above average	Read 477 Write 185 Mixed 267 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 12.5 81% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 9.1 32% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 913GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11744608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2879 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164841458 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1900 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 38 1812964245532 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41533 (C2) HDA temperature 28 62 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -133302899959831 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -94463697595316 (F2) Unknown 100 253 132343289015259	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 183 Mixed 147 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.38 113% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 802GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 2336 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 155397312 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8 (BD) vendor-specific 47 47 53 (BE) vendor-specific 69 37 2457242894367 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3438 (C2) HDA temperature 31 63 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 12 2336 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 97 264 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 97 264 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -120246199373739 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1278800764 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1306071832	50.1% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 80.7 Mixed 86.8 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.53 98% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1B1600C11 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMV4GX3M1B1600C11 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns

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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	3,385x
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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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