MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.3% 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	116% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 633 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1681 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 126 Parallax 125 100% 124 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 103 87% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 247 291 291 290 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 431 Mixed 359 SusWrite 283 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 57.5 210% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 365 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 139 136 133 140 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 398 Write 201 Mixed 231 SusWrite 139 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 34.5 141% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 152 117% 156 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 246 289 289 287 290 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 444 Mixed 380 SusWrite 282 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 46.3 180% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 392GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 144 138 141 137 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 139 71% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 93GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 99 98 96 98 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 133 Write 115 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 97.5 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 90 72 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.8 Mixed 73 SusWrite 86.8 67% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 70%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,772 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	3,385x
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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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