MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 13:54
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 111 2-Core 225 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 350 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 29.3 19% 25 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 27.3 Splatting 24 22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12761 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1322 (B1) Unknown 94 94 117 (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 66 40 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 174 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48109175353	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 417 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 45.4 158% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 106 138% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 18GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 441 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1210 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 45 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26407 (A5) Unknown 100 100 72 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 25436 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 239812 (F2) Unknown 100 100 301250 (F5) Unknown 100 100 422512	105% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 434 Mixed 468 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 39.1 148% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 74.3 113% 212 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 438GB free Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 127 99 1350862456 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19674 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24014253 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2446 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229835 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 70 36 20083771637790 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 739 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16284 (C2) HDA temperature 30 64 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 127 99 1350862456 (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 -35815732262334 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3595419721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 856086606	53.3% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 93.2 Mixed 87.2 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.12 59% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 244GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107322134 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6356 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 60 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 178159459 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2675 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1167906685 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131333 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 4799463453 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 16 107322134 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 60 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	57.3% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 108 Mixed 98.8 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.46 92% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 70%

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 as expected (59^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 72%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $182	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) $30	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