MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	170% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 06:21
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	HND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 471 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 39 Parallax 51.2 34% 43.9 fps	MRender 54 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 36 36% 46 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 715GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 567 583 588 584 581 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 738 Write 666 Mixed 626 SusWrite 572 146% 651 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 74.2 244% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 313 324% 537 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 295%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 196GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 247 236 262 252 231 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 487 Mixed 324 SusWrite 245 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.3 161% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 231 210% 320 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 115GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 231 238 220 239 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 380 Write 454 Mixed 388 SusWrite 230 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.4 147% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 332 251% 336 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 99%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 125 125 124 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 132 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 123 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 83%
HDD 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 626GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 61.7 Write 79.8 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 78.2 98% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 73%
HDD 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 457GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 85.4 Write 69.6 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 78.1 102% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-198.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-198.A00LF 16GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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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	3,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16