MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	124% 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

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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 14:00
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 627 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 92% 113 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 85.8 78% 96 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 721GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 483 484 466 463 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 457 Mixed 384 SusWrite 454 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 58.8 193% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 364 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 461GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 135 134 129 133 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 131 Mixed 83 SusWrite 132 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	3,421x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,684x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,264x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	564x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	416x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	208x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16