MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	83.5% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '18 at 04:16
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 519 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB; pny CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 133 109% 136 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 122 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 245 185 204 194 192 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 504 Write 325 Mixed 309 SusWrite 206 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 37.1 140% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 156 120% 168 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 97%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 95 105 95 106 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 272 Write 152 Mixed 181 SusWrite 103 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 39.1 145% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 115 91% 124 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 73%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 40GB free Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 139 168 180 170 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 334 Write 199 Mixed 228 SusWrite 162 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 36 145% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 129 123% 194 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 141 180 181 181 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 183 Mixed 31 SusWrite 174 103% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 116GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 39 29 18 26 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 131 Write 70 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 35.6 94% 78 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.2 143% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AD64C1D1624E1B Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 AD64C1D1624E1B Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 58%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,780 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	3,390x
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