MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	344% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 11:51
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 218 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 652 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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: 391.1 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 202 Parallax 199 142% 192 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1643 1474 1742 1731 1707 1718 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	344% Outstanding	Read 2,539 Write 1,909 Mixed 988 SusWrite 1,669 396% 1,776 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 79.8 298% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1237 DQ Write 997 DQ Mixed 989 775% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 344% Great: 353%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 120GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 212 200 231 214 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 248 Mixed 293 SusWrite 205 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 49.9 185% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 170 152% 231 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 388GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 120 118 120 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 118 Write 86.3 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 119 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 376GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 118 118 116 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 121 Write 92 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 117 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 80%

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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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,248x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

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	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16