MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 19:13
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (93^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 215 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 408 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 38.6 37% 38.4 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 89 94 89 96 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 387 Write 79.8 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 95.2 33% 153 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 0.1 35% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 6.1 45% 102 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 87 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 86 Write 92.3 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 87 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 197GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 85 85 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 130 Write 116 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 97.8 67% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 83 80 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 91 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 83.1 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston 9905471-084.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%

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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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16