MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 22:07
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 418 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 63.2 54% 66.9 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 57.1 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 701 Write 641 Mixed 450 133% 598 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48 179% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 354 269% 372 MB/s
Poor: 116% Great: 188%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 33GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 98 97 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 166 Write 114 Mixed 130 SusWrite 97.6 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.5 136% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 80.7 73% 112 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%
ESSC21AC120M4 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 69GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 95 99 97 99 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.5% Above average	Read 148 Write 101 Mixed 146 SusWrite 94.1 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.3 130% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 112 89% 124 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 877GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 108 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 107 126% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 75%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,790 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,669x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

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	377x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16