MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	148% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 18:58
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 402 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 181 Parallax 161 132% 168 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 140 Splatting 116 102% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 465 473 591 607 610 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 436 Mixed 598 SusWrite 526 114% 501 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 65 216% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 1,067 700% 824 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 372%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 57GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 127 102 110 109 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 438 Write 157 Mixed 210 SusWrite 115 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 40.4 150% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 125 98% 133 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 441GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 120 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 168 Write 172 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 125 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 120 122 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 95.8 Write 116 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 118 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 183% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 63%

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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	3,384x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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