MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '19 at 12:31
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 as expected (45^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 573 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 101 Parallax 86.2 77% 93.9 fps	MRender 85.5 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 87.5 71% 86.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 440 Write 426 Mixed 349 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 45.7 156% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 233 206% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 591GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 84.6 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 283GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 76 76 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 75.8 Write 79 Mixed 85 SusWrite 75 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 76%
HGST HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 111GB free, PID 0408 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 94.2 Write 64.7 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 101 97% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8GX 32GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 17.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 74%

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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	3,394x
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 $75Bench 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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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16