MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	134% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 727 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 204 Parallax 199 148% 195 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 183 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 460 164 473 119 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 770 Write 554 Mixed 599 SusWrite 321 125% 561 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 52.6 197% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 458 360% 496 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 29GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 474 471 467 459 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 442 Mixed 358 SusWrite 448 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 47.9 176% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 346 265% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 291 293 290 292 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 450 Mixed 385 SusWrite 311 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.2 219% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 54 62 60 60 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 27.1 Write 53 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 59.1 27% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x4GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
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	1,240x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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