MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.2% 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	68.3% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 22:30
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 447 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 33 22% 29.9 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 31.4 23% 28.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th 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 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10013 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (94) Unknown 100 100 7544 (95) Unknown 100 100 252 (96) Unknown 100 100 67 (97) Unknown 100 100 221 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 96 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20950 (F5) Unknown 100 100 90117	68.3% Good	Read 497 Write 288 Mixed 332 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 21.4 95% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 12.1 20% 36 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170227896 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 197582 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3728 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51539607583 (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 -61160334294817 (F1) Unknown 100 253 797151177 (F2) Unknown 100 253 570998851	96.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 161 Mixed 171 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
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