MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	92% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '19 at 16:09
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 463 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.6 80% 101 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 88.2 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 229 218 233 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 284 Mixed 268 SusWrite 209 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43 166% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 157 145% 225 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 408GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 116 116 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 115 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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