MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	157% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 03:29
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 224 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 564 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.6 110% 78.4 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 131 Splatting 98.7 105% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 786 529 582 522 505 570 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,739 Write 1,407 Mixed 656 SusWrite 582 244% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 33.7 135% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 232 178% 243 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 411GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 344 417 382 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 454 Mixed 434 SusWrite 383 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 46 154% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 355 257% 335 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 166 Write 166 Mixed 70 SusWrite 5.5 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.6 212% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 916GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 173 191 171 167 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 192 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 180 110% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 0.2 46% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1 162% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 159 175 160 155 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 126 Write 142 Mixed 109 SusWrite 166 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 304% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%
hp v100w 8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 3207 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 5.7 6.1 5.7 5.5 6.3 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 1 SusWrite 5.3 6% 6.32 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 23% 1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 8%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 145 135 145 144 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 144 Write 135 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 143 174% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 65%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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