MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 04:14
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 491 67% 497 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1837 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 83.3 77% 90.8 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 83.9 Splatting 74.5 66% 81.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 135 144 138 138 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 751 Write 299 Mixed 402 SusWrite 149 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 39.3 160% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 280 175% 197 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 165%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 25GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 393 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 64.4 228% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 354 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 269GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 178 179 180 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 112 Write 68 Mixed 81 SusWrite 178 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 131 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 173 Write 161 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 132 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G M378B5273DH0-CK0 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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

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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	3,385x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
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 $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	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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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