MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	131% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 194 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 560 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BC) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 20.1 18% 19.7 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 16.7 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 256GB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 360 180 187 160 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 540 Mixed 572 SusWrite 214 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 70.2 220% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 298 286% 463 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 255%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 328 333 339 333 335 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 326 Write 302 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 334 180% 250 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 247% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-4GXM 0420 F3-2133C10-8GAB 0420 F3-2133C10-4GXM 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	3,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
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 $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 $269	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 $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