MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.3% 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	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 158 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 324 41% 311 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 110 Parallax 105 82% 105 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 96.9 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 40 35 35 39 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 364 Write 94 Mixed 101 SusWrite 42 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 16.7 87% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 47.6 72% 142 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 489GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 134 133 134 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 114 Write 124 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 134 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 109%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 190GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 40 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 37 Mixed 27 SusWrite 40.7 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 837GB free, PID 1011 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 41 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 39.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 41 53% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 85% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%
Intenso Speed Line USB 3.0 16GB-$13 196 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4GB free, PID 5100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 19 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 16.5 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 19.3 24% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 61% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 63%

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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