MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 205 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 403 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 92% 113 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 40 49 46 37 68 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48% Average	Read 177 Write 35.8 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 46.9 18% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 19.8 98% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 44 DQ Mixed 49.4 76% 154 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 132GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 104 96 111 116 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 75 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 109 61% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 74%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 170GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 80 84 82 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 83.2 Write 74.7 Mixed 76 SusWrite 82.9 59% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 82%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 51GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 0.2 1.2 1 0.8 2.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 16.5 Write 1 SusWrite 1.2 4% 6.23 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 35%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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