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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	133% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '23 at 23:40
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 369 43% 333 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 193 Parallax 189 152% 189 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 189 Splatting 125 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston OM8PDP3128B-AA1 128GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFK0S03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 171 Write 122 Mixed 79.3 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 30.4 124% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 171 140% 201 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 167%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$14 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 174GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 69 93 94 98 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 73.4 Write 66.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 85.8 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$19 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 239GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 92 93 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 96.3 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 92.5 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.2 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.9 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 82%

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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 7,150 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	3,598x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,744x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	483x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	593x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	424x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	432x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	314x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	215x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	392x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	268x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	213x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $330