MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 418 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 338 176 178 177 178 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 617 Write 600 Mixed 463 SusWrite 253 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 43.5 155% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 512 405% 558 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 185%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 110GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 130 130 130 130 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 465 Mixed 284 SusWrite 159 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50.2 182% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 181 184% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Corsair Force 120GB 1,958 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 59GB free Firmware: 2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 81 81 80 80 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 138 Write 119 Mixed 127 SusWrite 81 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 27.4 112% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 111 87% 121 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 56%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 456GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 66 67 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 89.7 Write 91.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 65 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 86%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,763 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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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