MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	81% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 07:17
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 490 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2587 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 159 Parallax 136 122% 148 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 145 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1CS1754D117-551 120GB 2,096 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 160 170 170 132 143 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 354 Write 278 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 164 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39.7 144% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 178 162% 245 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 187GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 342 66 65 66 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 459 Write 299 Mixed 303 SusWrite 161 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 29.5 128% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 170 152% 227 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 213 216 216 215 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 168 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 214 124% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 71%

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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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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 $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