MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	158% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 06:17
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 235 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 670 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 152 Parallax 140 115% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 124 Splatting 110 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 553 589 608 614 613 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 608 Mixed 482 SusWrite 589 135% 601 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.1 202% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 819 584% 748 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 282 288 270 284 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 489 Mixed 406 SusWrite 295 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.5 212% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 11GB free Firmware: 5.24 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 387 Write 224 Mixed 286 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.2 172% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 232 172% 228 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 93%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 860GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 165 170 170 169 170 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 119 Write 104 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 169 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 72%

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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	3,390x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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 $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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