MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.9% 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	112% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 20:50
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 639 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 101% 131 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 294 294 296 296 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 463 Mixed 357 SusWrite 310 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.4 187% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 210GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 444 350 317 318 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 406 Write 452 Mixed 356 SusWrite 366 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 30 92% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 71.5 65% 103 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 104%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 14,066 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 594GB free Firmware: JEDOA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 86 89 90 91 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 89.3 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 51%
MDT MD5000AAJS-00YFA0 500GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 426GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 82 81 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	46% Average	Read 78.5 Write 78 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 81.3 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16