MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	165% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 10:12
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 411 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 61.5 56% 66.1 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 57.6 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,887 Write 267 Mixed 475 188% 877 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 53.4 190% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 136 150% 263 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 219%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3670 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1493 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21477903023	89.7% Excellent	Read 513 Write 172 Mixed 344 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 43.1 154% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 106 116% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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